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...
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...
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...
Findings from a recent study are calling attention to free thyroxine’s protective effect against renal progression in IgA nephropathy (IgAN), also highlighting its utility in combination...
Stephanie Faubion, MD, MBA Credit: Mayo Clinic Findings from a recent study suggest chronic kidney disease (CKD) is significantly associated with tooth loss in postmenopausal women,...
Timothy Anderson, MD, MASCredit: UPMC Results of a recent analysis is sounding the alarm on a potential, unforeseen consequence that could arise as a result of...
Credit: National Cancer Institute/Unsplash A self-designed questionnaire in a web-based cross-sectional study was created to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward disease management dynamics in...
Credit: Adobe Stock/vaaseenaa A targeted lifestyle counseling app was shown to improve disease activity among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), and spondyloarthritis (SpA),...
An analysis of the landmark EMPA-Kidney trial underlines the need for urgency when prescribing SGLT2 inhibitors in patients at risk of chronic kidney disease progression, with...
Given recent increases in the prevalence of obesity, both metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and bariatric surgery are becoming increasingly common, with bariatric surgery offering...
Mustafa Arici, MD Credit: LinkedIn Diagnostic investigations for the etiology of anemia were inadequately ordered, leading to a significant majority of anemic patients with advanced stages...
Highlights 0:08 Knowledge of metformin, its potential benefit for retinal diseases 5:02 Protective effect of metformin in geographic atrophy 8:02 What does metformin offer for GA?...