Erin Hunter, Assistant Editor

Patients with a low but detectable viral load posed virtually no risk of passing HIV on to their sexual partner if they were taking WHO-recommended antiretroviral therapy.

Phenotype-based interventions are individualized treatment plans that consider genetic and phenotypic characteristics instead of general restricted eating or exercise management.

The updated version of the Oncology Care Model (OCM) incentivizes value-based care over volume, but some wonder if it is enough.

Co-developers Incyte and Syndax will submit a biologics license application to the FDA at the end of 2023 based on the results of a phase 2 trial among adult and pediatric patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease.

Exercise alone or vitamin D supplementation did not clinically improve cognition in adults with mild cognitive impairment.

The once-daily therapeutic agent is effective for pediatric patients and pregnant women with HIV.

Quitting treatment may significantly improve severe hypertension in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Many living in lower-income rural populations face significant unmet social needs that can bar access to important mental health services.

Managing cost savings can soften the blow of direct and indirect remuneration fee reform that will impact pharmacists during the first half of 2024.

The 5-year survival rate for patients with exon 20 insertion EFGR mutation is 8% in the frontline setting, worse than the survival rate of the 2 most common types of EGFR mutations in patients with advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.

Participants were able to stop treatment after achieving amyloid plaque clearance and experience lasting results.

Study suggests supplemental oxygen may improve cognitive functions that are vital in motor learning, which can be important for people with neurological conditions or trauma.

With approximately 2 years of additional follow-up, lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab maintained robust effectiveness for nearly every patient.

Mounting concerns about availability of cancer drugs raise questions about the current supply

Chemotherapy may increase inflammatory biomarkers that can impact the diversity of the gut microbiome, leading to serious anthropomorphic changes among women treated for early-stage breast cancer.

Despite a slew of barriers with patient management, pharmacists have the training and resources to advocate for better patient care and help patients with hematologic myeloproliferative neoplasms advocate for themselves.

Study among the first to examine delayed or missed pediatric preventative care during COVID-19 that considers determinants, race, and ethnic group, according to the authors.

The practice has biologic, epigenetic, and structural implications on people living in these once-segregated areas.

Nivolumab-based combinations have shown significant survival benefits across several tumor types, including melanoma and advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Fecal microbiota transplantation is a process that restores bacterial diversity in the gut microbiome after standard-of-care antimicrobial therapy.

Intravenous immunoglobulin independently contributed to the reduction of pathogenic autoantibody levels associated with vasculitis in patients with severe kidney injury, a new study shows.

Albumin is a cost-effective predictor of intravenous immunoglobulin-resistance in young patients with Kawasaki disease.

Clostridioides difficile infection can be difficult to treat, but increasing disease awareness can improve screening and treatment outcomes.

Pre-exposure prophylaxis of neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibodies may be preventative against SARS-CoV-2 transmission, decreasing frequency of new infections and number of hospitalized patients who need antiviral therapies, thus lowering costs.

The novel treatment may be able to generate new cardiac tissue to create a functional human heart muscle.

Community health worker training can allow the technician to perform to the top of their abilities and improve access to the pharmacy’s public health services.

COVID-19 is helping to shape current pharmacy practice, including increased vaccinations, access to care, and better interactions with patients.

Having good nutrition is especially important for older adults who have increased disease and medication risks.

Showing up for oneself is showing up for one's community and patients, according to a female independent pharmacy business owner.

Plant-based insulin contains all 3 peptides that are found in insulin naturally produced by the body.