Cardiac scintigraphy had higher sensitivity and specificity across different radiotracers in diagnosing cardiac amyloidosis compared to cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Cardiac scintigraphy, ...

An ongoing open-label extension study suggests that the therapy's benefits may extend through at least 52 weeks. Deupirfenidone (LYT-100), a next-generation antifibrotic therapy, demonstrated a ...

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is a rare acquired autoimmune neurological disorder in which both T-cell-mediated and humoral immune mechanisms target healthy myelinated ...

In CIDP, SOC therapies (immunoglobulins/corticosteroids) are burdensome, have variable efficacy, and significant side-effects. Two phase 3 clinical trials, MOBILIZE ...

Individuals with advanced liver disease may also experience significant weight loss due to nausea and poor appetite. Candidates for liver transplantation may need to gain weight to optimize surgical ...

US and European regulators could approve up to 17 gene therapies this year, with a top official at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) predicting that 2024 will be a “breakout year” in ...

The Stride Velocity 95th Centile (SV95C) showed sensitivity to a decline in the ability to walk over short intervals in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), according to a new study ...

Dutch obstetrician Monique Haak, MD, demonstrates ultrasound techniques at ISUOG 2025 in Cancún, Mexico. (Photo by Larry Luxner) Congenital heart disease is the most common deformity in fetuses, yet ...

Obeticholic acid, seladelpar, and elafibranor all significantly increased the biochemical response rate. Elafibranor seems to be slightly more effective than seladelpar as a second-line therapy in ...

Extreme, unrelenting fatigue has been my most intense symptom of primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) for many years now. It controls my life in many ways; it is a kind of tiredness that you cannot just ...

Between 1970 and 1995, the incidence of new NHL cases increased. Between 2007 and 2016, new cases declined by approximately 0.9% per year, and mortality from NHL decreased by 2.2% per year. 3 ...

Gastrointestinal involvement in systemic mastocytosis (SM) is a common complication and often leads to endoscopic findings. Gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms are the second most frequent clinical ...