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HFSA Calls Attention to Prevalence, Impact of Cognitive Impairment Among Heart Failure Patients
March 12th 2024Eiran Gorodeski, MD, MPH, discusses a recent scientific statement composed on behalf of the Heart Failure Society of America highlighting the impact of cognitive impairment on patients with heart failure.
In-Center Hemodialysis Patient Outcomes Negatively Impacted by Patient Care Technician Understaffing
March 12th 2024A greater patient-to-patient care technician ratio was associated with increased mortality and hospitalization with lower rates of waitlisting and transplantation among patients receiving in-center hemodialysis.
Alirocumab Approved for Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Patients 8 Years and Older
March 11th 2024Nearly a decade after becoming the first PCSK9 inhibitor to receive approval from the FDA, alirocumab (Praluent) has now received approval for pediatric patients with HeFH based on data from a phase 3 trial.
Martina J. Porter, MD: New Findings on Efficacy, Safety of Ruxolitinib Cream Among Patients with HS
In this interview at AAD 2024, Porter discussed her team’s phase 2 findings on hidradenitis suppurativa the impact of ruxolitinib cream among those with Hurley Stage I and II.