Kenny Walter

The estimated two-year four-variable kidney failure risk equation for individual risk using predicted ACR from PCR had discrimination similar to that of using observed ACR.

The investigators found the treatment’s value-based price was approximately $140/dose ,while the current price is $240/dose.

Guselkumab represents the first FDA approved medication for active psoriatic arthritis that selectively inhibits interleukin-23.

Intraclass correlation coefficients for short-term variability among the 7 periods during the day ranged from 0.52 in the morning period to 0.66 in the early period and long-term ICCs ranged from 0.29 at night to 0.51 during the late period.

Four out of 18 patients in antipsychotic monotherapy, 5 out of 16 individuals receiving psychological intervention, and 5 out of 17 receiving combined therapy achieved a good clinical response at 6 months.

Patients with bipolar depression have struggled during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Unlike other antidepressants, SEP-4199 looks at reducing some side effects common when treating bipolar depression.

In a sample of patients treated with laparoscopic ileocecal resection, 42% (n = 29) of patients did not require additional Crohn’s disease-related medication, while 48% (n = 14) were given prophylactic immunomodulator therapy.

For the EMB treatment group, 65.6% of participants (n = 160) lost fewer than 15 ETDRS letters, while 86.6% (n = 103) in the ranibizumab group lost fewer than 15 ETDRS letters.

The best results came from second-stage therapies, which produced significant increases in remission and response rates.

Shorter nighttime sleep duration and later bedtime at 3.5 years old age were significantly associated with borderline personality disorder symptoms.

The presence of anxiety symptoms moderated most alterations in emotional processing observed following sleep restriction.

In the multivariate analyses, particulate matter of 2.5 μm or less (PM2.5) was linked with dry eye metrics when adjusted for demographic characteristics, comorbidities, medications, and interaction variables.

The earliest time point where a treatment outcome could be observed was 1 week after initiation of medication compared to placebo.

Despite lower burnout rates, physicians with higher resilience still experienced more burnout than the general US working population.

Recently, there has been a 7% increase in cannabis use from pregnant mothers.

The change of schooling likely does not impact the sleep of younger children.

Dr. Jennifer Martin explains how teenagers could benefit from a better sleep schedule and a later wake up time.

The diversity of the fecal mycobiome of the last sample collected was 2.5-fold higher in COVID-19 patients than it was in the control group.

Fluoxetine alone was more effective treating depression than a combination of fluoxetine with cognitive behavioral therapy.

Increased technology use and alcohol consumption may be leading to some troubling trends in sleep.

Ozanimod could soon be added to the ever growing stable of potential treatments for Crohn’s disease.

The FDA recommends additional safety and efficacy data from the ongoing REGENERATE trial.

Heron Therapeutics is expected to meet with the FDA and resubmit an NDA for the post-operative opioid alternative.

The most common type of support needed is psychosocial and instrumental activities of daily living.

Many tools are becoming available to physicians who need to strengthen their reach of care outside the office.

Prior family exposure represented the factor with the second highest IRR behind hospital exposure.

Low-level viremia was transiently detectable in 21 recipients in the early post-transplant period, but not after 14 days.

Both dosage groups of the study drug achieved at least a 50-meter increase from baseline to week 24 on the six-minute walk distance test.

Treatment with treprostinil of up to 12 breaths per session four-times per data was well-tolerated, with a safety profile consistent with previous studies.