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Godfrey Pearlson, MD, founding director of the division of psychiatry neuroimaging at Johns Hopkins University, discusses the possibility of using neuroimaging to diagnose psychiatric disorders.

The real-world analysis of epicutaneous therapy for milk-related EoE progressively exposed pediatric patients to their milk allergen.

Lori Raney, MD, psychiatrist and principal with Health Management Associates in CO, discuss what she believes is the most important discussion topic at APA 2019.

Godfrey Pearlson sat down at APA 2019 to discuss his opinion on what the most significant recent advances in neuropsychiatry have been and how they have impacted practice.

Pear Therapeutics and Novartis presented findings from their study exploring the use of digital therapies in addition to traditional treatment in patients with schizophrenia.

Jonathan Avery, MD, addiction psychiatrist and associate professor of psychiatry, sat down with MD Magazine at APA 2019 to discuss his takeaways and caring for patients with co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorder.

An analysis of more than 62,000,000 found that prevalence rates of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease were 3 times higher in patients with Crohn's disease.

Investigators presented information on the 9-month interim results of the ABX464-102 phase 2a examining efficacy in UC patients at DDW 2019.

Ranibizumab was approved for AMD treatment in Korea in 2007, but most supporting trials had been conducted among Caucasian patients.

David Kingdon, MD, FRCPsych, professor of mental health care delivery at the University of Southampton, sat down with MD Magazine at APA 2019 to discuss recent advances in psychosis.

Investigators from Baylor College of Medicine found that dawn to sunset fasting may be a new treatment approach for obesity, metabolic syndrome and NAFLD.

Study from DDW 2019 found that rates of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, and nonalcoholic cirrhosis was more than double in patients with UC.

A study presented at APA 2019 found that esketamine spray to be an effective, fast-acting treatment for people with treatment-resistant depression.

A study presented at DDW 2019 found that endoscopic retrieval may help prevent further gastric damage from button battery ingestion.

In a study presented at Digestive Disease Week 2019, results indicated the risk of developing Parkinson's disease was 3 times higher in patients who had appendectomies.

FDA approved midazolam nasal spray for the acute treatment of intermittent, stereotypic episodes of frequent seizure activity distinct from a patient's usual seizure pattern in patients with epilepsy 12 years of age and older.

A study presented at DDW 2019 found that women with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy were 5.7 times more likely to have a NAFLD diagnosis

Study presented at DDW 2019 found that walking and resistance training was associated with a lower risk of cirrhosis-related death.

A study presented at DDW 2019 found that endoscopic sleeve gastroplasties found significant and sustainable weight loss among patients 5 years after surgery.

Study presented at DDW 2019 found that transplantation of gut microbes from lean donor could aid weight loss in obese, metabolically healthy recipients.

A review highlights aflibercept’s efficacy in treatment non-responders and points to a couple promising new AMD therapies in development.

The Submitted Biologics Application for AR101, the first potential pediatric food allergy preventive therapy, will be considered on September 13.

Teduglutide (Gattex) has been approved as an injection for pediatric patients 1 year of age and older with Short Bowel Syndrome.

New clinical findings go against the advisory of the GOLD 2017 classification.

Positive findings for the envelope support some of the first indications that a preventive measure could address cardiac surgery infection rates.

Children with asthma who used the eAsthma Tracker app weekly missed 60% fewer days of school and their parents missed 70% fewer days of work.

The novel Person-Centered Primary Care Measure has established 11 domains that each represent a single item representing the broad scope of primary care. The team behind it has created a measure that “actually aligns with the work of primary care physicians, and what matters to patients.”

Teens and adults had similar weight loss after gastric bypass surgery, but teens were more likely to experience remission of type 2 diabetes and hypertension than adults.