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The first step in any successful treatment plan is acceptance. As a patient himself, James McLeod knows this all too well. He’s lived with vitiligo since he was a kid and has been through the ups and downs. In this interview, he gives his advice to patients who just got diagnosed with vitiligo. What advice...

Treatment delays can cause complications later on for patients with vitiligo. This study analyzed demographic disparities related to increased treatment delays among those exhibiting vitiligo symptoms. Delayed treatment of vitiligo is known to decrease the chance of successful disease stabilization and repigmentation due to how much more effective therapies are during the early stages of...

This article provides a population-based study about self-reported vitiligo prevalence among adults in the United States, which is especially valuable as a way to understand the rates of undiagnosed vitiligo. The prevalence of vitiligo in the United States population, as it relates to various demographic subgroups, can be a good way of understanding public health-related...

Patients with multiple sclerosis showed more advanced white matter alteration compared to those with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, although both exhibited altered network topologies. Along with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the major chronic inflammatory demyelinating disorders that can affect the central nervous system. This study, published in the...

This analysis of patients with NMOSD provides data about how functional connectivity in specific cognitive networks impacts cognitive impairment symptoms. Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) can manifest a variety of symptoms, some being more uncommon than others. Cognitive impairment is one of the common symptoms among patients with this disorder, but the mechanism by which...

Dermatologist Dr. Edidiong Kaminska, MD, has been in medicine for more than 13 years and practices in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Kaminska has a wealth of knowledge on skin conditions. We discuss the topic of racial disparities among patients with alopecia areata. She gave a bit of background on the disease, the history, and treatment, and...

In this interview, Dr. Kaminska sheds more light on one of the most misunderstood autoimmune diseases, which affects millions worldwide – vitiligo. In this interview, she explains how vitiligo develops, how many have vitiligo, and its symptoms. Vitiligo is an autoimmune disease that causes skin cells to gradually lose their pigment. It can affect any...

A recent study examined the confounding effect of mortality on the frequency of CV-related hospitalization in patients in the Tafamidis in Transthyretin Cardiomyopathy Clinical Trial (ATTR-ACT). The impact of tafamidis on CV-related hospitalization was underestimated in the ATTR-ACT, according to researchers. Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) is a progressive disease caused by the buildup of amyloid...

Danielle Bublitz, MS, RD is a registered dietitian and certified intuitive eating counselor. She created her own online company in November 2021 called Food Freedom Diabetes, LLC to assist people with diabetes, and she also works as a clinical dietitian on a per diem basis. In this interview, Danielle Bublitz sheds more light on Diabetes....