For the seventh time in a row, NYU Langone Health has earned top safety ratings for its inpatient locations across the system, with each receiving “A” ratings in the fall 2023 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade release, a level of patient safety achieved by only 30 percent of hospitals nationwide. NYU Langone inpatient locations that received […]

PHOENIX — Open-label extension studies of two neonatal Fc receptor–blocking antibodies showed good safety and efficacy in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG). The two drugs, rozanolixizumab (Rystiggo, UCB) and efgartigimod PH20 (Vyvgart, Argenx SE), received Food and Drug Administration approval in June 2023 and December 2021, respectively, for the treatment of MG. The neonatal Fc receptor binds […]

People experiencing a psychotic episode for the first time are less likely to receive early psychological interventions in England if they are from an ethnic minority background, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. Some groups were only half as likely to receive early treatment, which is important for improving outcomes later in life […]

A pair of new studies published this week about long COVID have shed more light on the sometimes-disabling condition that affects millions of people in the U.S.  Long COVID is the persistence of a range of symptoms of COVID-19 for months after the initial infection. Scientists worldwide have been working to understand the wide-ranging condition, […]

Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a rare kidney disorder that affects children and adults, and can lead to kidney failure. New findings from a team led by the University of Minnesota Medical School show patients with FSGS who were treated with the medication sparsentan experienced improved kidney function-; making it a potential new treatment option […]

Search engine optimization is becoming incredibly challenging and unpredictable. As search engines are integrating generative AI and learning to surface more diverse results, creating a strategy to rank your pages in the top 5 takes a lot of trial and error. Video marketing is almost equally challenging. Gone are the days when you had to […]

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. TOPLINE: Despite COVID-19 triggering autoimmune conditions in healthy individuals, it does not appear to increase the risk for clinical and MRI disease activity or motor and cognitive worsening in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), a new study shows. METHODOLOGY: The analysis […]

In an article currently in press in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, a team of scientists studied the food intake of preschool children to examine the relationship between factors such as meal energy density (ED) or meal weight and meal energy intake. Their findings indicate that children’s energy intake increases and then decreases with […]

Treatment with PD-1 inhibitor toripalimab along with radiation therapy improves outcomes in patients with stage I/II extranodal NK/T cell lymphoma who don’t achieve a complete response to initial chemotherapy, while pretreatment mutational profiles offer clues as to which patients may respond to such anti-PD-1 treatments, according to studies presented at the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) […]

In a recent study published in the journal Food & Function, a team of European researchers explored the role of blackcurrant (BC) extracts in reducing blood sugar or glycemic levels after meals and investigated whether fruit fiber can enhance this effect. Their results indicate that while BC reduces glycemic levels immediately after meals, higher doses […]