Latest Conference Articles

According to Joseph Rogers, MD, Duke University, the HFSA has grown positively over the years to become a platform showcasing high level science, as evidenced through the late breakers that were presented.

Joseph Rogers, MD, Duke University discusses palliative care and how it fits into the overall treatment regimen of very sick patient populations.

Researchers reported black patients enrolled in the PARADIGM-HF study had more favorable prognostic baseline characteristics than white patients in the study. However, black patients exhibited a higher risk for cardiovascular death and hospitalizations.

Subcutaneously administered furosemide yields nearly identical outcomes compared with the traditional intravenous method of delivery, but is more convenient and well tolerated.

As the annual ECTRIMS conference in London wound down there was definitely a sense of optimism that there would be more good news to come before the group meets next October in Paris.

While there's no yet proven treatment for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, the team is really aiming to understand the pathophysiology to design better targeted treatments.

Study results presented at the 2016 Heart Failure Society of America Scientific Meeting show that treatment with omecantiv mecarbil improved cardiac function and quality of life in patients with heart failure.

When a medication is approved the data from that time can sometimes be of more value than the trials leading up to the approval. For Aubagio there was a recent study done looking at patient satisfaction and other issues following the approval.

HIV/AODS research has tended to silo people into particular categories or particular communities like injecting drug users, men who have sex with men, etc.

"Heart failure is a disease that happens because of other diseases, so it's kind of the end result of diabetes, heart attacks, and cancer therapies, so it's hard to be a heart failure doctor and not spend a lot of time thinking about all the other medical specialties," concluded Allen.

More than 40% of US AIDS/HIV cases are in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but economic turmoil there is making it hard to fight the epidemic.

With many new drug discoveries and medical devices int he field of advanced heart failure, Larry Allen, MD, MHS and his team are working to create patient decision support tools to help them navigate any challenges.

For 30 years, an outreach group in Oakland, CA has been winning the confidence of prostitutes as the first step in helping them be healthy and HIV-free. California Prostitutes Education Project representatives offered tips in a workshop.

Bonus video: As the 20th Annual US Conference on AIDS wound down, one presenter stood out—not just for advocacy work. She also sings. Here’s the conclusion of our interview with Adriana Garriga-Lopez, PhD, singing Manuel de Falla's "Nana".

Experts need to think about public health in a smarter way; it shouldn't just be about emergency management.

When talking about HIV, you're not just talking about one thing; you're talking about many different epidemics.

Exploring the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Puerto Rico, Adriana Garriga-Lopez, PhD, questioned how colonialism manifests on an every day level.

One of the late breaking studies at ECTRIMS 2016 looked at how 25OH vitamin D (25OHVitD) and smoking influences disability in patients with MS.

Researchers have evaluated siponimod's efficacy in treating secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS) in a phase 3 trial.

At the moment the best way to get a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis is through a brain scan. A team in Tennessee is working to improve that with a blood test that could find the condition sooner allowing for treatment to begin faster.

As the leading minds in the field of multiple sclerosis came together in London for the annual ECTRIMS conference the end of the conference brought a considerable amount of excitement in everything from the relapsing form to progressive forms.

As more and more treatments are approved for patients with multiple sclerosis questions are being answered about their effectiveness long past their approval dates. This is true for many of the medications including lemtrada.

A high percentage of people with HIV are also cigarette smokers, a problem that the state of Michigan is tackling with targeting smoking cessation programs.

People living with HIV/AIDS may have trouble getting authorization for HCV direct acting antivirals. Amida Care in NYC, a Medicai MCO came up with a plan.

Previous research has shown that prolonged-release fampridine (PR-FAM) can help walking ability in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), however, it’s unclear whether those findings are clinically significant.

Are patients worse off if they are diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at a younger age? That’s what Italian researchers aimed to make more clear at ECTRIMS 2016.

The fight against HIV is not just a fight against a virus.

Social and religious conservatism appears to have turned the Southern US into the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic in the US, human rights activist Megan McLemore, JD, LLM said at a session on AIDS in the South today at the United States Conference on AIDS. Still another problem is the non-acceptance of LGBT people by many African-American churches, attendees added.

While neurologists may be able to successfully diagnose progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy it may take a more specialized health care professional to effectively treat the condition.

“Multiple sclerosis usually begins with a relapsing-remitting (RRMS) phase characterized by clinical relapses and inflammatory demyelination evident on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI),” an Ohio based team began at ECTRIMS 2016.