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Tailoring Care: Crafting Individualized and Patient-Centered Narcolepsy Treatment Plans

Patients with narcolepsy experience excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, disrupted night-time sleep, hypnagogic hallucinations, and sleep paralysis. Patients frequently cope with these symptoms for years, at great expense to their quality of life, and often have to see multiple specialists before …

Now More Than Ever: A Mycophenolate REMS Escape Room Challenge

Mycophenolate is the most common immunosuppressant used for preventing organ rejection in transplant recipients and is frequently employed in other disciplines, such as rheumatology. In response to the discovery of fetal teratogenicity associated with mycophenolate use during pregnancy, the FDA …

Deciphering Narcolepsy: Analyzing Signs and Symptoms for Early Diagnosis

Narcolepsy is a chronic sleep disorder that affects approximately one in 2,000 individuals. The patient’s diagnostic journey is often long and complex, and narcolepsy frequently remains undiagnosed or is misdiagnosed as other conditions, including depression, schizophrenia, insomnia, or obstructive sleep …

Exploring Innovative Treatments: Appraising Novel Pharmacotherapies for Narcolepsy

Narcolepsy is a chronic sleep disorder that carries a high degree of disability and comorbidity. Patients often wait years for a proper diagnosis and treatment initiation, resulting in a tremendous negative impact to their quality of life. Pharmacotherapy for narcolepsy…

Hemostasis 2.0: Rethinking Hemophilia Management and Monitoring with Anti-TFPIs and FVIII Mimetics

The treatment landscape for hemophilia A and B is expanding with strategies and therapies to optimize efficacy, provide durable hemostasis restoration, and improve safety. These contemporary approaches to care have also led to new pathways and assays for clinical and …

Deciphering Patient Selection Related to Current and Emerging Amyloid-Targeting Therapies (ATTs)

The emerging class of amyloid-targeting therapies (ATTs) are at the forefront of innovative approaches that promise to alter the course of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, the translation of these scientific advancements into clinical practice necessitates a well-informed clinical workforce adept …

Untangling the Data: pTau and Neurofibrillary Tangles as Part of Early Alzheimer’s Detection

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) presents a growing challenge in contemporary health care, with escalating prevalence and a significant burden imposed on patients, families, and health care systems globally. Early and accurate diagnosis of AD is essential for effective support and treatment. …

Livestream: Visualizing the Future: Advances in IL-23-Targeted Therapies in the Treatment of IBD

The inflammatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-23 has been implicated in the pathology of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a chronic inflammatory condition of the gastrointestinal tract. The stimulation of pathogenic Th-17 cell formation by IL-23 and the subsequent ongoing bowel inflammation via …

Livestream: Shedding Light on Bowel Urgency: Presenting the Latest Data and Initiating Conversations in Crohn’s Disease Management

Patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) frequently experience bowel urgency, a symptom resulting in rushing to the bathroom and sometimes causing loss of bowel control. The symptom of bowel urgency dramatically impacts patient quality of life (QoL), and can lead to …