Washington University School Of Medicine In St Louis

The nonsteroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist finerenone provides cardiovascular and kidney benefits in adults with diabetic kidney disease independent of and combined with SGLT2 inhibitors, new analyses show.

The American Association for Cancer Research named Graham A. Colditz, MD, DrPH, MPH, the recipient of this year’s AACR Distinguished Lectureship on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities.

Individuals who survived for at least 30 days after contracting COVID-19 — considered the acute phase of the illness — were at greater risk for adverse kidney outcomes, even if the infection was deemed mild, study results showed.

Nearly 90% of adults with chronic inflammatory disease who were taking immunosuppressive medication had an antibody response after receiving an mRNA vaccine for SARS-CoV-2, according to findings in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Among patients with arthritis, receiving exercise recommendations from a physician is “critical” to meeting physical activity guidelines and relieving symptom burden, regardless of race and ethnicity, researchers noted in BMC Public Health.

According to published results, arthroscopic posterior medial meniscus root tear repair offers functional and clinical benefits and may also slow – but not prevent – the progression of knee osteoarthritis.

High levels of physical activity appeared strongly associated with the ability to maintain cognitive function among women with breast cancer treated with chemotherapy, according to a study published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In the United States, the rate of gestational diabetes in pregnant patients aged 15 to 44 years with a singleton first live birth increased across all racial and ethnic subgroups during a recent 8-year period, data showed.

The first-ever guidance on recurrent, low-risk chest pain provides a good starting point for addressing a condition that is responsible for 5% of ED visits and costs up to $10 billion annually, one of the guideline authors said.

Transvaginal ultrasound used to determine appropriateness of endometrial cancer biopsy missed nearly five times more cases of the disease among Black women vs. white women, according to a simulated cohort study published in JAMA Oncology.