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New data from CCR East show Black and Hispanic patients with PsA are significantly more likely to report worse health-related quality of life than White patients.

An analysis of more than 250 pregnancies among women with SLE from the Hopkins Lupus Cohort provides insight into risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes based on serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D levels using real-world data.

An analysis of the National Inpatient Sample offers a deep dive into the risk of adverse outcomes associated with presence of polymyositis or dermatomyositis among patients with congestive heart failure.

Pooled data from the phase 3 TULIP program offer additional insight into the effects of anifrolumab use in people with moderate-to-severe systemic lupus erythematosus.

Intravitreal steroid treatment for DME was associated with no significant differences in BCVA, but a higher risk of IOP-related events, compared to anti-VEGF therapy.

Patients with psoriatic arthritis and/or psoriasis reported improved BMI and HbA1C after 6 months of apremilast—with pronounced benefit among patients with obesity.

A comparison of monotherapy biologic or targeted synthetic DMARDs initiated in naive patients show each are beneficial for rheumatoid arthritis.

Data from the UPLIFT study show patients with psoriatic arthritis and their physicians see eye-to-eye on most subjects—except for treatment goals.

Data presented at the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics annual meeting show promise for Utuly, a novel intranasal epinephrine spray for treating anaphylaxis.

Alterations in the compositions and metabolic functions of intestinal microbiota between AMD patients and healthy controls may help elucidate specific targets for AMD treatment.

The announcement resulted from the FDA’s request for manufacturing, administration, and patient monitoring information.

New data indicate that once-daily roflumilast foam in treating seborrheic dermatitis may improve the lives of those in the 5% or more of the global population with the skin disease.

The investigators also found impaired biosynthesis of short-chain fatty acids in the coprofiltrate after analyzing the intestinal microbiome of patients with NAFLD who had SARS-CoV-2, manifested by an increase in the median acetic and propionic acids, as well as a decrease in the median butyric acid.

An analysis of more than 1 million AFib hospitalizations suggests those with large vessel vasculitis had a nearly 2-fold increase in risk of acute myocardial infarction and a more than 9-fold increase in risk of acute kidney injury.

Investigators found that dermatologist and convolutional neural network-cooperation led to improved lesion classification, indicating potential benefits of the human and machine approach for patients.

Data from an analysis of kidney biopsies from the AURORA 2 trial presented at CCR East 2023 offer new insight into the long-term histological impact of voclosporin use on renal function in patients with lupus nephritis.

Data show older age, being female, having a high BMI, smoking, comorbidities, and previous hospitalization or ICU admission with COVID-19 were associated with an increased risk of developing Post-COVID-19 condition.

A maternal rheumatoid arthritis (RA) diagnosis before delivery was linked to an increased risk of offspring with autism spectrum disorder, particularly for those with seronegative RA.

A single-center study reports no significant difference in global peripapillary RNFL thickness in eyes treated with intravitreal brolucizumab during a short-term follow-up period after injection.

Depression is linked with an increased incidence of multiple nonoverlapping physical conditions requiring hospital treatment, including endocrine, musculoskeletal, and vascular diseases.

The use of traditional Chinese medicine had a statistically significant association with improved clinical indicators in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

The 6-month RCT investigating submacular hemorrhage secondary to nAMD found that both treatment modalities showed clinical improvement of VA, but surgery did not provide a superior visual gain.

Counties with high liver transplantation registration rates and high liver-related mortality rates had comparable data on social vulnerability index, while travel distance was relatively shorter.

New research from a first-in-human study of a novel procedure involving electroporation of the superficial layer of the mucosa in the small intestine could help eliminate need for insulin in some people with type 2 diabetes.

In this interview, de Benedetto discusses the major takeaways from her RAD 2023 conference presentation titled ‘New discoveries in the science of atopic dermatitis.’

All countries in Africa now provide a three-dose infant hepatitis B vaccination beginning at age 6-8 weeks.

An analysis of more than 1.8 million mother-offspring pairs offers new insight into a potential association between exposure to maternal depression/anxiety during pregnancy and risk of type 1 diabetes in offspring during adolescence.

In this interview segment, Chovatiya touched upon the late-breaking data he had presented at RAD 2023 conference on tapinarof cream 1% for younger eczema patients.

A Cox regression analysis showed a significant association between a gout diagnosis and subsequent breast cancer diagnosis in the total population.

Each month, our editorial staff compiles a recap of the top news in ophthalmology from the past month. Our April 2023 month-in-review features data on the association between social determinants of health and vision loss, preferences for AMD monitoring, and the launch of a new multimedia series.