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Livestream: The Life-long Care of Individuals with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome: Strategies for Outcomes Optimization from Childhood Through Adulthood

Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) remains a challenging condition to understand, diagnose, and manage. Neuroscience/neurology clinicians, including nurses and nurse practitioners (NPs), encounter significant challenges in the management of patients with LGS, due to the severe symptoms and morbidities, diagnostic delays, and …

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 …

Livestream: IBD, IL-23, and Inflammation, Oh My! Following the Yellow Brick Road in Using IL-23 Targeted Therapies in Managing IBD

Significant therapeutic advancements have been made over the last decade for treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a chronic condition that includes Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). The inflammatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-23 has been established as an active …

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 …

Who, What, and Why of Biomarker Testing in 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 …

Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) Demystified: From Symptoms to Solutions

Treatment guidelines for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), an autoimmune neuro-muscular condition impacting the myelin that insulates and protects peripheral nerves causing mobility and sensory impairment, have been in place for many years with new treatment approvals being scarce. Newly …

Expanding Options for Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Front-Line Advanced/Recurrent Endometrial 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 …

Demystifying Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP): A Journal Club Exploring Guidelines and Novel Solutions

Treatment guidelines for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), an autoimmune neuro-muscular condition impacting the myelin that insulates and protects peripheral nerves causing mobility and sensory impairment, have been in place for many years with new treatment approvals being scarce. Newly …

Revolutionizing Pain Care: Applying the Latest Updates in Opioid REMS Education to Your Practice

The 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain, developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), was introduced as an update to the 2016 CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain. This update aimed to …