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Montefiore's Carol A. Bernstein, MD, discusses the role of psychiatry specialists in discerning their colleagues' need for mental health care or resolutions to burnout.

Research presented at EULAR aims to enhance communication with a conversation aid so patients can address challenges they encounter as a result of rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease with a rheumatologist.

Bristol Myers Squibb shares positive phase 2 results evaluating deucravacitinib in patients with moderate-to-severe systemic lupus erythematosus.

Fidaxomicin had a 13.5% higher rate of 4-week sustained response compared to vancomycin and 13.2% higher rate for 8-week sustained response.

Patients with ≥1 CDI-related admissions versus no CDI admissions experienced higher rates of 6-month readmission and annual cost across all hospitalizations.

SER-109 engraftment was durable through week 24 and significantly higher than placebo at all time points for all comparisons.

Most adverse events reported were mild or moderate and found in a similar percentage of patients regardless of treatment cohort.

New data suggests there is no connection between ustekinumab and the risk of malignancies.

There are several companies preparing new treatments for recurrent C difficile infections.

There are several potential treatments on the horizon for C difficile infections.

Gina Poe, PhD, discusses the potential role of beta blockers in treating psychiatric illness-related sleep, as well as the specific benefit of melatonin.

NIDA research director Carlos Blanco-Jerez, MD, PhD, reviews how stigma, language barriers and digital health create disparate outcomes in mentally-ill Hispanic patients.

Lois Choi-Kain, MD, MEd, discusses her field's interest in improving the modern diagnosis and evidenced-based treatment of personality disorders.

The UCLA-based investigator discusses the unique impact of PTSD on patients' sleep stages, and how they can limit their insomnia.

At DDW 2022, Dr. Sands highlights the positive findings from the LUCENT-1 study on the efficacy and safety of mirikizumab.

Patients treated with ustekinumab are not at an increased risk of malignancies.

Treating the disease could reduce the risk of patient distress.

The director of NIDA discusses the interplay of substance use disorder and pain in patients, as well as means to assure patients are receiving evidenced-based treatment.

The modern psychiatrist may play many roles, including as a mentor and a facilitator to social-based support.

There are several live microbiota therapeutics in development, including RBX2660.

Data show the safety profile of Ustekinumab in long-term IBD pooled safety dataset was found favorable among bionaive patients.

The treatment has previously been approved by the FDA for the treatment of ulcerative colitis.

A discussion on the role of PLSec-AFP for HCC risk stratification in patients with cirrhosis and future screening implementations.

The NIDA director reviews neuromodulation's potential role in treating patients with multiple use disorders, and the importance of patient feedback in shaping clinical research.

Rachel Talley, MD, discusses the industry-level changes needed to trainee recruitment and retention to create a psychiatry field more representative of its patient population.

Rates per 100 person-years for adverse events, infections, and major adverse cardiac events were similar between placebo and ustekinumab through up to 5 years.

The age of screening for colon cancer has decreased in recent years.

Dr. Dubinsky said new IL-23 treatments could enable precision medicine in the future for IBD.

The findings show EUS-CDL is more efficient than ERCP-M with comparable short-term effectiveness and safety.

Data show the presence of five and six risk factors increased the risk of VTE exponentially to 10.9% and 25%, respectively