Clinical Challenges: Test Your Knowledge of Axial Spondyloarthritis
A MedPage Today Clinical Challenges series on axial spondyloarthritis reviewed the disease’s features and pathogenesis; difficulties in diagnosis and monitoring; and current options for therapy. The following is a three-question quiz to test your knowledge on each aspect of the series. Nancy Walsh earned a BA in English literature from Salve Regina College in Newport, […]
Herpes Viruses Linked to Brain Changes
Symptomatic herpes viruses were linked with several neurologic and cognitive features, but not with Alzheimer’s disease processes, a longitudinal cohort study showed. Among older adults who mainly were cognitively normal, herpes virus infection was associated with accelerated tissue loss in brain white matter over time, particularly in the temporal lobe, according to Keenan Walker, PhD, […]
Is Schizoaffective Disorder a Serious Mental Illness?
What are the types of schizoaffective disorder? Schizoaffective disorder features symptoms of schizophrenia and affective or mood disorders such as major depression or bipolar disorder. Schizoaffective disorder is a serious mental health condition. Schizoaffective disorder is a serious mental health condition. It features symptoms of schizophrenia and affective or mood disorders such as major depression […]
Osilodrostat Resolves Most Physical Signs of Cushing’s Disease
SAN DIEGO — Osilodrostat (Isturisa) improved many physical features associated with Cushing’s disease, according to additional findings from the phase III LINC-3 study. Among 137 adults with Cushing’s disease, a 39.5% improvement in central obesity scores was observed from baseline to week 72 with osilodrostat, reported Alberto Pedroncelli, MD, PhD, of Recordati AG in Basel, […]
Opinion | A 20-Step Manifesto for Better Healthcare Quality
Our country, the richest society in human history, features a healthcare system — avoidable by none — in which the level of dysfunction is beyond compare. The version of healthcare good enough for the people we call patients will not be reached passively. Whether we improve enough to give our patients and communities the quality […]