Blog Category: On-Demand

Discussions on Brain Health and Cognitive Concerns

To improve the quality of care for patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), health care professionals (HCPs) are positioned to assess brain health and provide the crucial early diagnosis, especially in diverse, underserved patient populations. HCPs must implement emerging care strategies, …

Exploring the Rapidly Evolving Landscape of Options to Treat Cervical Cancer

Recent advances in the treatment of gynecologic cancers are promising, and education is needed to ensure that both oncology and primary care clinicians, including OB/GYNs, have a thorough knowledge of the latest clinical trial data and its translation to real-world …

Diagnosing AD Early with SDM and Culturally Sensitive Care

It is critically important that health care professionals screen for and diagnose Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in its early stages when symptoms are subtle and resemble normal aging, as brain changes may start years before symptoms manifest and the underlying pathology …

Unraveling the Options in First-line Maintenance of Ovarian Cancer

Recent advances in the treatment of gynecologic cancers are promising, and education is needed to ensure that both oncology and primary care clinicians, including OB/GYNs, have a thorough knowledge of biomarkers, current and emerging therapies, and how the latest clinical …

Deciphering Ulcerative Colitis: Clinical Clues for Treatment Selection, Switching, and Disease Optimization

In recent years there has been an upsurge of new biologics and small-molecule therapies for ulcerative colitis (UC), making it challenging for the UC interdisciplinary care team (such as gastroenterologists, physician associates, and nurse practitioners) to stay abreast of these …

Closing the Divide: Tailoring ART Regimens and Enhancing Competency for Optimal HIV Management

Current guidelines for antiretroviral therapy (ART) treatments for HIV do not necessarily include new treatment regimens for special populations such as those who are pregnant, have drug-resistant HIV, or comorbid conditions such as HBV. Health care practitioners (HCPs) therefore require …

Bridging Gaps and Advancing Care in Sickle Cell Disease in the Context of Drug Therapy

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a pathology caused by a mutative hemoglobin protein that produces rigid, sickle-shaped red blood cells (RBCs). Lifelong complications of SCD include acute veno-occlusive crises (VOCs), whose recurrence takes a significant toll on patients, and end-organ …

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Advances in Primary Biliary Cholangitis: Maximizing Opportunities to Improve Patient Care and Outcomes

Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a chronic autoimmune disease of the intrahepatic bile ducts that is often misdiagnosed until it progresses to advanced stages, including end-stage liver disease.  Symptoms such as intractable pruritus and severe fatigue, often accompanied by abnormal …