Mithu Maheswaranathan, MD Credit: Duke Health Belimumab is an anti-B-cell activating factor (BAFF) monoclonal antibody and biologic therapy commonly used in the treatment of systemic lupus...
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that safety interventions – such as walkers, grab bars, ramps and other home modifications...
Tapping into the vast amount of data now available on social media, a new study from scientists at the University of California San Diego introduces a...
The management of dyslipidemia has experienced significant changes in recent decades driven by advances in understanding pathophysiology as well as developments in pharmacological therapies. For decades, statins...
In a recent study published in Nature Medicine, researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data on brain circuit function to derive interpretable, personalized brain circuit...
In a recent study published in The Journal of Investigative Dermatology, researchers developed a genetic treatment targeting the causal NRAS c.181C>A mutation in congenital melanocytic naevus...
When it comes to health, inequalities can be seen at every level for women with breast cancer: prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, and survival. But what about...
A class of drugs already on the market to lower blood pressure appears to reduce adults’ risk of developing epilepsy, Stanford Medicine researchers and their colleagues have...
Medical research has shortchanged women for decades. This is particularly true of older women, leaving physicians without critically important information about how to best manage their...
Charlie Strange, MD Credit: MUSC Compared to patients with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) alone, findings from a recent study suggest patients with AATD with liver and/or...
Early in the pandemic, many people who had SARS-Cov-2 infection or COVID-19 began to report that they couldn’t shake off their symptoms even after a month...
Each year, one million individuals receive chemotherapy in the United States alone. Cancer remains the leading cause of death globally, resulting in 10 million deaths in...