Ozanimod Controls MS Disease Activity Regardless of Age
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Clinical and radiologic measures of disease activity remained stable or improved for relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS) patients in all age groups over 7 to 8 years of continuous treatment with ozanimod (Zeposia). “Regardless of age category, the adjusted annualized relapse rate was below 0.2 in the phase III parent trials […]
Long COVID May Be Difficult to Identify in MS
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – People with multiple sclerosis (MS) appeared to have a low risk of developing long COVID, but lingering complaints after SARS-CoV-2 infection were difficult to untangle from MS symptoms, registry analyses showed. In studies presented at the Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ACTRIMS) Forum, Robert Fox, MD, […]
Obesity Associated With Faster MS Disease Progression
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Obesity in multiple sclerosis (MS) was tied to faster worsening of disability and an increased risk of physical, psychological, and cognitive decline, a prospective cohort study showed. Compared with normal weight, obesity was associated with a faster increase in scores on the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS), which ranges from […]
Let’s Make Insulin More Affordable for All Who Need It, Biden Says
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The U.S. needs to “finish the job” and make insulin more affordable for everyone who needs it, President Biden said here Tuesday. “We capped the cost of insulin at $35 a month for seniors on Medicare,” said Biden, who spoke at the Kempsville Recreation Center. “When I introduced it, it was […]
APRNs: Get Your X-Waiver to Help in the Opioid Abuse Public Health Crisis
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Healthcare providers with advanced practice credentials should consider getting federal waivers to prescribe buprenorphine in the ongoing fight against the opioid epidemic, experts said. “There are a whole slew of benefits for patients who end up on medications for their opioid use disorder [OUD]. These medications do save lives,” said Amanda […]
Implicit Bias Training Betters Psychiatric Care at One Seattle Hospital
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Staff training in implicit bias curbed racial disparities in the use of mechanical restraints at one Seattle hospital, a researcher reported. From 2015-2017, about 13% of ethnic minority patients were restrained in the psychiatric units at Harborview Medical Center versus just over 8% of white patients, explained Timothy Meeks, MN, RN, […]
6 Reasons Summer Could Worsen Your Anxiety, According To Therapists
At first thought, the summer months are associated with carefree behavior — breezy beach days, shaded hikes and exciting vacations. But, for many people, summer is actually more stressful than exciting because of summer anxiety. According to Dr. Crystal Burwell, a psychotherapist and owner of Dr. Burwell Speaks in Atlanta, anxiety occurs any time there […]
Honing the Indications for Adjuvant CDK4/6 Inhibition in Breast Cancer
MIAMI BEACH — After a bumpy start, CDK4/6 inhibitors have started to gain traction in early hormone receptor (HR)-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer, according to recent data. Two negative phase III trials of palbociclib (Ibrance) questioned whether the transformative impact of CDK4/6 inhibition in advanced HR+/HER2- breast cancer would carry over into early disease. More recently, the […]
Millipedes ‘as big as cars’ once roamed Northern England, fossil find reveals
The largest-ever fossil of a giant millipede — as big as a car — has been found on a beach in the north of England. The fossil — the remains of a creature called Arthropleura — dates from the Carboniferous Period, about 326 million years ago, over 100 million years before the Age of Dinosaurs. […]
Surfside Collapse: Beyond the Immediate Aftermath
In the middle of a late-June night, an ordinary condominium building fronting a beach in Surfside, Florida, collapsed suddenly. When I first heard the news about Champlain Towers South, I shared with millions of other people a wave of panic — did I know anyone living there? And, like millions of other people, I watched […]