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FDA warns about off-label use of laparoscopic device for aesthetic procedures
The agency has received reports describing “serious and potentially life-threatening adverse events with use of this device for certain aesthetic...
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Biden administration’s new test-to-treat program pits pharmacists against physicians
The widespread distribution of pharmacies and their extended hours are other big pluses, especially for people who can’t easily leave work or...
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Study links air pollution to psoriasis flares
The findings underscore the need for clinicians to “consider environmental/external triggers in patients with chronic inflammatory diseases...
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CV risk biomarkers tentatively identified in psoriatic disease
Troponin I and NT-proBNP levels were linked to cardiovascular risk independently of the Framingham Risk Score.
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Drug survival study looks at what lasts longest in RA, axSpA, PsA, and psoriasis
Survival rates were highest for rituximab in rheumatoid arthritis and golimumab in axial spondyloarthritis in a study of two Danish registries.
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Which companies aren’t exiting Russia? Big pharma
The reluctance of drugmakers to pause operations in Russia is being met with a growing chorus of criticism.
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COVID-19 vax effectiveness quantified in immunosuppressed patients
A database study of 154,000 patients found that SARS-CoV-2 vaccines give people taking immunosuppressants significant protection against COVID-19...
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‘Deltamicron’ with genes of Delta and Omicron found
Because there have been so few confirmed cases, it is too soon to know whether such infections will be very transmissible or cause severe disease...
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Complex link between gut microbiome and immunotherapy response in advanced melanoma
Previous studies have identified the gut microbiome as “a potential biomarker of response as well as a therapeutic target” in melanoma and other...
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Methotrexate plus leflunomide proves effective for PsA
The combination therapy outperformed methotrexate monotherapy as a treatment option for patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA), though it did...
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Side effects of COVID mRNA vaccines are mild and short, large study confirms