Aislinn Antrim, MA, Assistant Managing Editor

The researchers found that the proportion of patients requiring in-patient endoscopic interventions for their alcohol-related gastrointestinal and liver conditions increased.

Rates of death among patients with breast cancer due to any cause were 31% higher in states with Medicaid income eligibility limits no greater than 50% of the federal poverty level.

The once-daily, oral atypical antipsychotic medication has the same established antipsychotic efficacy of olanzapine with less weight gain.

Research could allow the study of long-term HIV infections and the testing of new curative therapies.

Findings showed a 34% decrease in the number of mental health services utilized by children under age 19 and a 22% decline in the number of mental health services utilized by adults aged 19 to 64.

The approval represents the first and only oral sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor modulator indicated for adults with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis.

The body’s relationship with gut bacteria emerges after birth and in early infancy, during important immunological and physiological development.

This is the first and only oncology immunotherapy to show positive phase 3 results in the adjuvant lung cancer setting.

Both health care providers and the general public said skin dryness is a major obstacle for consistent hand hygiene practices.

The legislation would require that patients with cancer have access to oral oncology drugs within 72 hours of having the prescription submitted to the patient’s pharmacy benefits manager.

Patients who added dupilumab to standard of care saw a 65% reduction in the rate of severe asthma attacks over 1 year.

Inhibiting Toll-like receptor 4 stopped it from accumulating cisplatin, thereby halting the hearing damage caused by the cancer treatment.

No cases of COVID-19 were observed in the vaccine group using the case definition from the adult phase 3 COVE study, compared to 4 cases in the placebo group.

Breast cancer patients with low or absent MLH1 or PMS2 gene expression may have even greater risks of death.

The basal subtype of ductal adenocarcinoma can be identified by the presence of the DeltaNp63 protein.

Program participants had 55% fewer hospitalizations, 45% fewer emergency department visits, and shorter hospital stays by 1 day in the 30 days after study entry.

Eating a lot of fat and sugar damage Paneth immune cells in the small intestine, which help regulate flora.

High antibody levels were also generated in participants with evidence of a prior SARS-CoV-2 infection, suggesting that this could be developed as a booster.

Myriad issues are responsible, including lack of access and insurance and preexisting disadvantages in underserved populations.

Researchers found no evidence of abnormal blood flow between the mother and fetus or problems with fetal blood flow following COVID-19 vaccination.

Although there is no single playbook that works for all types of practices, some combinations of practice characteristics and operational changes can help practices address cardiovascular disease.

In a trial of amivantamab-vmjw, investigators found an overall response rate of 40% among patients with non-small cell lung cancer whose tumors have epidermal growth factor receptor exon 20 insertion mutations.

Individuals who took probiotics during the 6-month-long study had a 27% lower overall incidence of upper respiratory tract symptoms compared to the placebo group.

Median disease-free survival was twice as long in patients who received nivolumab compared to patients who received a placebo.

In addition to improving health care access for patients, point-of-care testing in pharmacies can drive customer demand and satisfaction.

Vaccines that specifically target the receptor-binding domain of SARS-CoV-2 could be effective, as well as easy to manufacture and scale up.

Despite the stressors of the past year, students said the health care crisis has only reinforced the value of the pharmacist and their desire to enter the field.

The technology demonstrates the important role students can play in pushing the pharmaceutical industry forward.

The primary endpoint of organ failure or death was 11.2% for those receiving dapagliflozin compared to 13.8% for those receiving the placebo.

Supplies of the critical rescue medication for asthma attacks were close to depleted at many hospitals amid COVID-19.