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Symptom flare-ups in patients on a gluten-free diet were significantly lower than in patients on a high-gluten diet.

The prevalence of suicidal was 10.9% in studies that included child-reported outcomes for child only and 10.4% for child and parent combined.

At the 2022 ASPC annual meeting, Dr. Gluckman highlights the overall impact of the economic cost of cardiovascular disease and the role of prevention.

Dr. Kushner discusses obesity as a risk factor for CVD and how preventive cardiologists can better target weight management to support patient health.

The indication to Arcutis makes the once-daily topical cream the first marketed PDE4 inhibitor of its kind.

The highest adjusted probability of CGM use occurred in middle adulthood, while the probability of CGM utilization decreased with increasing age in older adulthood.

After March 2020, overdose deaths not involving methadone continued to increase whereas methadone-involved overdose deaths remained stable.

The association with depressive symptoms was greater when race, ancestry, or national origins among Hispanic or Latino participants was the main reason for discrimination.

An analysis of survey responses show tolerance toward public health official harassment and threatening has worsened since 2020.

The 10-year cumulative incidences for HCC and mortality were significantly higher in the HBV cohort with heavy alcoholism than it was for either HBV alone or alcoholism alone.

Investigators articulated the development and validation of an enzyme-linked immunoassay against hepatitis C virus (HCV). They suggest the implementation of this low cost assay among at-risk populations.

The increase does not appear to have a negative impact on post transplant survival, investigators say.

There are several early phase trials underway for new hepatitis B virus treatments.

The goal for many is to eradicate HCV by the year 2030.

There’s still much to be understood about gene therapy and its application to rare diseases like sickle cell, but at the progressive pace it’s moving at, gene therapy is likely to be integrated further into standard practice.

The patients prescribed stimulants were more likely to not have coexisting conditions than those treated with A2A.

A cohort analysis of Rhode Island data showed populations at high risk of SARS-CoV-2 exposure are at greater likelihood of reinfection, and would benefit even more greatly from vaccination.

Patients with autism had a fivefold increase in adjusted relative risk of self-harm.

New sensitizations to 2 or more allergens between baseline and 12 months were significantly lower in the sublingual group, compared to the control group.

There was a direct association between consuming honey, ham, seafood, organ meats, salt, fruits on trees, fruit juice, olive, and nuts and the probability of developing IBD and ulcerative colitis.

The investigators found the overall age-standardized prevalence of depression based on the CIDI-SF scale was 5.7%, significantly higher than the self-reported rate of 0.5%.

Proton beam therapy has been heavily adopted for treating patients with nasopharyngeal cancer, and a high incidence of severe ARD has been reported in this patient population.

New data report a slightly higher but nonsignificant increase in diabetes incidence among children in Canada during COVID-19 pandemic.

The only adverse event identified was mild nausea for a duration of 10-21 days.

Though the association between pediatric and parental AD has been detailed in previous literature, differing odds ratios for AD have been recorded throughout the years.

The new recommendation acknowledges the role of disease-preventive behaviors that can be taken on by approximately 12% of the US population.

A survey of 10,325 individuals shows 30.2% of healthcare workers likely meet the diagnostic criteria for clinical depression.

There are 8 biologic therapies currently approved for GPP in Japan, with IL-inhibitors being the predominant therapeutic option.