Family Medicine

From a topical gene therapy to a debated heart failure option, a litany of unique agents are anticipated for FDA decision in the new year.

Why has this season brought an unprecedented number of severe RSV infections, and why is vaccine development taking so long?

"The challenge right now is that we have no therapies in the emergency department to treat acute pain, outside of pain medications and IV opioids," Dr. Claudia Morris says in an interview.

The motive of the study wasn't to implement hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) programs worldwide, but as a contribution to comprehensive cancer control efforts.

According to Dr. Corinna Schultz, a key part of the conversation of sickle cell trait (SCT) is centered around reproductive choices for the patient in the future.

A maternal-fetal medicine physician discusses plans for improvements in 2023.

The FDA's plans to expedite and expand regulatory pathways has resulted in a novel drug development boom since 2017. The commissioner discusses the details of their strategy.

Dr. Adam Lamble recommends that pediatric patients with AML and TP53 status should now be considered for transplant in first remission, and novel interventions are warranted.

Dr. Molly Tokaz and Dr. Lisa Force discuss the extensive data they collected on the utilization of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for patients with AML.

Almost 25 years later, Dr. Claudia Morris concluded 2022 by presenting phase 2 data at the 64th ASH Annual Meeting that demonstrated the therapy's benefit, and her original premise. Her team's phase 3 trial evaluating Arg is currently underway.

Dr. Adam Lamble shares that outcomes for pediatric patients with acute myeloid leukemia that have TP53 status are inferior to other patients with high-risk disease.

Dr. Corinna Schultz talks about her latest data and the growing body of literature showing medical complications that can come with sickle cell trait.

"Using CRISPR/Cas9 you are able to actually fix a disease, that otherwise, was not fixable," Dr. Haydar Frangoul explains the data he presented at ASH 2022.

Some in the industry expect the Adderall shortage to possibly last until March 2023.

New data revealed the amount of collective physician work hours in the US has been consistently declining for 20 years.

New surveillance data from the 2021-22 influenza show the impact of coinfection among younger patients.

New developments in gene therapy offer a promising perspective of a future where curing sickle cell disease (SCD) is possible.

With several newly approved therapies hitting the market and an overflowing pipeline, the FDA has stepped in to help keep the burgeoning world of biotech on track.

An economic analysis of a clinical sleep intervention suggests it may provide a step toward improved health equity.

Sleep expert Dr. Sara Mednick says one of the major goals to improve sleep health isn't simply for health benefits, but because it's essential to repair the daily buildup of toxins that accumulate during each wake period.

Data from the largest investigation of TP53 mutations in pediatric patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is presented at the ASH 2022 Annual Meeting.

"There's no national guidance on how this information should be delivered back to families, which leaves it up to each state's newborn screening program to decide the best route that they see fit," Dr. Corinna Schultz explains.

Dr. Stephanie Guarino's novel analysis found a significant relationship between self-efficacy in adults with SCD, and experiences of disease-related stigma.

In her mitochondrial work, Dr. Claudia Morris made a novel discovery that wasn't discussed in her presentation at the ASH 2022 Annual Meeting.

Compared with infants kept on a standard dose of hydroxyurea, those receiving escalating doses showed greater increases in HbF and HB without significant toxicity.

The SPHRE trial in Tanzania show significant benefit for children at high stroke risk in sub-Saharan Africa.

Updated findings from the ongoing clinical trial investigating lovo-cel in sickle cell disease and persistent anemia allude to the possibility that a contributing factor of anemia was identified.

A pediatric emergency medicine physician discusses the epidemic factors that still perturb experts, and the status of vaccination and treatment strategies.

By combining specific severity-associated serum biomarkers, investigators were able to predict atopic dermatitis severity in children.

Pediatric care requires understanding, not only of the disease impact, but also its presentation and management in children.