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Adults aged 80 years and older and those living in areas with worse economic conditions are more likely to receive potentially inappropriate medications in the outpatient setting, which may be associated with cognitive impairment.

Study finds patients with cancer feel reassured that biosimilars provide a safe, adequate, and cost-effective alternative to the pricier reference drug.

Early safety studies of NK-cell infusion have demonstrated the potential of NK-cell infusion, showing it may be the next revolution in cancer treatment.

Researchers say vitamin D supplementation could be a low-cost and effective avenue for the reduction of insulin resistance and better outcomes in preventing and treating diabetes.

Updated guidelines, comprehensive review, and an investment of resources into pediatric preventive cardiology programs could help provide successful care.

At a median follow-up of 48.7 months, pembrolizumab monotherapy produced an investigator-assessed objective response rate of 41.5% and a 20.8% complete response rate in patients with relapsed/refractory primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma.

New innovations are revolutionizing diagnostics and optimizing treatment outcomes, marking significant strides in the fight against digestive diseases.

More than 1 billion people suffer from sleep apnea, a condition often associated with snoring.

The findings suggest that CHD1L’s could provide treatment opportunities for individuals infected with HIV-1.

CDI is difficult to contain in health care settings because some patients are unknowing carriers of the toxigenic strains of the infection.

Notably, obesity was not independently associated with pulmonary pressure or decreased right ventricle load stress despite being a condition related to diabetes.

However, the FDA said an application for zuranolone to treat major depressive disorder did not provide substantial evidence of efficacy.

Compared to the BNT162b2 vaccine, the mRNA-1273 vaccine was associated with a lower risk of adverse events, which investigators speculate was due to interrelated safety and efficacy.

Social jet lag could create adverse health impacts that a 90-minute difference in the mid-point of sleep can improve.

The findings suggest that cigarette smoking is an independent predictor for the expansion of hematoma, although smoking status does not cause a difference in mortality.

CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 10 to 0 to recommend the routine use of nirsevimab-alip (Beyfortus; Sanofi and AstraZeneca) for the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus lower respiratory tract disease in newborns and infants.

Nikhil Palekar discusses the FDA approval of lecanemab-irmb (Leqembi, Eisai) and what this means for those who have Alzheimer Disease.

Specialty pharmacists play an important role in dispensing PCSK9 inhibitors and serve as a valuable source of assistance and education for patients.

Black adults, who have a higher likelihood of suffering from stroke at a young age, benefitted from blood pressure control and increased physical activity.

Wastewater surveillance could be the most consistent way to measure COVID-19 across US counties, a recent study indicates.

Notably, patients with transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis had higher rates of heart failure hospitalizations, including patients treated with tafamidis.

The affect of an aerobic exercise program was more prevalent in patients with ovarian cancer who had at least 1 symptom of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy at the beginning of the trial.

Antibiotic prescribing at hospital discharge is a component of pharmacist-led antimicrobial stewardship programs that is often overlooked.

Of the individuals that participated in the study, 65.3% reported hearing loss at 71 years and 96.2% reported hearing loss by 90 years.

There are currently no HER2-directed therapies for many HER2-expressing solid tumors that are refractory.

Guidelines provide clear recommendation that oral transitional therapy is at least as effective as intravenous-only therapy for the treatment of infective endocarditis.

Clostridioides difficile infection was found to increase the risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality in a recent study.

The risk of death by suicide in soldiers was both directly and indirectly related to traumatic brain injury through confounding mental health diagnoses.

Not only was the glycemic control improved, but those who received once-weekly injections of icodec insulin had spent more time in the target glycemic range compared those who received once-daily injections.

Ervebo was found to be 100% effective after vaccination in preventing the onset of Ebola virus symptoms after more than 10 days.