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Benralizumab is effective in treating eosinophilic asthma. It also improves the quality of life of individuals with poorly controlled asthma. Breathlessness, recurrent exacerbations, and decreased quality of life are prevalent in individuals with severe asthma despite high-dose corticosteroids. The hallmarks of severe eosinophilic asthma include eosinophilic airway infiltration, inflammation, blockage, or constriction. Benralizumab, an anti-IL-5Ra,...

With a minimal incidence of amyloid recurrence in the cardiac allograft, cardiac transplantation is well tolerated, increases functional ability, and lengthens survival in patients with ATTR-CM, according to a 30-year retrospective study. ATTR-CM should be included in the list of transplantation indications. Cardiomyopathy caused by transthyretin amyloidosis cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) is progressive and fatal. Patients with...

In patients with Transthyretin Amyloidosis Cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), tafamidis was associated with a lower rate of CV-related hospitalizations and a shorter stay. Transthyretin amyloidosis cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) is an underdiagnosed disease characterized by deposits of improperly folded transthyretin amyloid fibrils, resulting in end-organ dysfunction. ATTR-CM patients present with symptoms of invasive cardiomyopathy and heart failure necessitating expensive...

Emboli are a common complication of amyloid transthyretin cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM). This study found that the CHA2DS2-VASc score is not useful in predicting embolic events in ATTR-CM patients with or without AF, and that VKAs and DOACs are equally effective in preventing embolism, in this scenario. Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) is an infiltrative illness with a...

MD Newsline hosted a webcast on October 31st titled Managing Life with Vitiligo which featured Dr. Martinez-Diaz and patient advocate Raven King. Vitiligo is a skin condition where the pigment of the skin is lost, leaving white patches on the body. It can be very difficult for people to cope with this condition but with...

Anti-IL-5/anti-IL-5R antibody therapy is highly clinically successful in treating severe eosinophilic asthma (SEA), and SEA and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but not in COPD alone. Interleukin-5/interleukin-5-receptor (IL-5/IL-5R) antibodies are anti-eosinophilic medications that have shown effectiveness for individuals with severe eosinophilic asthma (SEA). However, it has not been proven clinically effective for COPD patients. This...

As additional treatments for painful crises in juvenile sickle cell disease, vitamin D and omega-3 could result in overall cost savings and therapeutic benefits. Painful crises are the most prevalent complication of sickle cell disease (SCD). Omega-3 and vitamin D were found to have a possible therapeutic effect on painful crises. This research was published...

This study finds that Black and Hispanic children have consistently higher rates of asthma than White children, even in more affluent neighborhoods, indicating that factors beyond poverty and low socio-economic status are associated with racial disparities in asthma. A large, multi-institutional and longitudinal study led by the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public...

In response to a need for standardizing measurement and tracking of health equity outcomes in childhood asthma, researchers created a health equity index that re-envisions how equity-related data and metrics are collected. A recent grant-funded pilot project at Rady Children’s Health Network (RCHN) in Rancho Santa Fe, California, developed a dashboard that can help reduce...