Gillian McGovern, Associate Editor

Two MUSC pharmacists describe how pharmacists are often the educational resource for patients and can help when removing certain barriers to care.

The highest pre-term birth rates were consistently observed among those who were Black, American Indian or Alaska Native, or Native Hawaiian or other Pacific islander with public insurance.

Video chatting, texting, watching videos, and playing video games were activities most commonly associated with depressive symptoms in adolescents.

Women were also more likely to report concerns of high wait times prior to receiving care.

Detailed findings will be presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) Annual Scientific Meeting.

Patients in persistently impoverished areas were also more likely to have more aggressive tumor characteristics and receive more invasive surgeries.

Teresa Messick, PharmD discusses how meeting patients “where they are” and supporting them holistically through medication and beyond is the most rewarding part of the profession.

According to the authors, being able to identify mood disturbances through passive digital biomarker data can be promising in next-generation predictive, personalized mental health diagnostics.

Nivolumab is the only PD-1 inhibitor to show statistically significant and clinically meaningful benefits in non-small cell lung cancer compared with chemotherapy.

Poor sleep quality is directly related to mortality risk before adjusting for lifestyle or health-related factors, and dementia was noticeably linked to mortality risk in older White males.

In a phase 1 trial, the nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) demonstrated a higher mean maximum plasma concentration was achieved faster than with an existing inhaled NRT.

Currently, VLS-1488 is being evaluated in a phase 1/2 trial (NCT05902988) in various advanced tumors, including high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC).

A recent study found that indoor allergen exposure, including mouse and cockroach allergens, led to an increased risk of respiratory viral infections in children with asthma.

The accelerated course was safe and effective and did not increase complications in patients with breast cancer post-mastectomy undergoing breast reconstruction.

C. diff survivor and Peggy Lillis Foundation Board Member Maryann Webb discusses how her experience with the infection encouraged her to advocate for patients who are struggling to advocate for themselves.

The survey demonstrated that adolescents and young adults (AYAs) who preferred health care professionals (HCPs) as sources of information had sufficient knowledge of contraception options available.

The indication is for adult and pediatric patients aged 2 years and older with advanced or metastatic RET-mutated medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) who require systemic therapy.

The estimated vaccine efficacy was approximately 58%, with only 21 patients in the vaccinated group being diagnosed with mpox.

Study results showed that Black women with breast cancer were more likely to die across all subtypes, with the disparity varying from 17% to 50% depending on subtype.

Dupilumab is the first biologic medicine for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to be approved in the US.

In adolescents, a comprehensive model using behavioral and MRI data had a prediction accuracy of 0.83, which was higher than single data type models.

The authors found that asthma severity was associated with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes, with the risk increasing in line with severity, but not asthma duration.

The authors note that changes in the adolescent guidelines for meningococcal and human papillomavirus vaccines may cause inconsistencies and nonadherence.

About 72% of the observed pregnancies after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation occurred spontaneously, whereas remaining pregnancies were a result of assisted reproductive activities.

Compared with chemotherapy, datopotamab deruxtecan (Dato-DXd) did not achieve a statistically significant overall survival (OS) in patients with inoperable or metastatic HR+/HER2-low or negative breast cancer.

A 95% increase in private health center participation, monitoring, assessment, and vaccine coverage can be significant in improving outcomes.

Although dry-powder and soft-mist inhalers had significantly lower emissions, they represented nearly two-thirds of inhaler costs but one-third of claims.

The authors note this is the first study to assess cerebrovascular endothelial extracellular vesicles within a cognitive condition.

The researchers estimate that pregnancy losses because of malaria and parasitemia risk before conception was reduced by 65% to 86%.

The chief product and strategy officer at Linus Health is hopeful that pharmacists can be key players in the detection of mild cognitive impairment.