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Adverse maternal and cardiovascular outcomes were more likely in pregnant women with cardiomyopathy compared with those who had a different or no heart disease, findings of a systematic review and meta-analysis showed.

Children with asthma were not at increased risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection when compared with children without asthma, a study reported.

Premier Orthopaedics and Healthcare Outcomes Performance Company have announced a partnership to create an integrated value-based care platform in Pennsylvania and its surrounding regions, according to a press release.The partnership will combine more than 200 care providers from Premier Orthopaedics with Healthcare Outcomes Performance Company’s (HOPCo’s) proprietary care management

Women remain significantly underrepresented in academic internal medicine leadership positions in the United States, according to findings published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.Underrepresentation persisted despite a record-high percentage — 50.7% — of female medical students matriculating in 2017.

CorneaGen issued product recalls for certain corneal and scleral patch grafts, according to press releases from the FDA.

First-line therapy with axicabtagene ciloleucel induced objective responses in 89% of patients with high-risk large B-cell lymphoma, according to phase 2 study results.An estimated 91% of patients treated with a single infusion of the chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy remained alive at 12 months, a primary analysis of the ZUMA-12 trial showed.

Adults and children have different experiences with food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome, although more research is necessary, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. Specifically, unlike what has been document in the pediatric population, the adult cohort less frequently experienced vomiting, severe acute episodes and development of

SAN FRANCISCO — Results presented here showed anatomic-based medial collateral ligament repair and MCL reconstruction may be equivalent based on objective knee laxity, but MCL reconstruction had better subjective outcomes. Nicholas N. DePhillipo, PhD, ATC, and colleagues randomly assigned 54 patients with grade 3 MCL tears with or without concomitant ACL injuries to undergo either an

Peer-reviewed papers on pediatric antiphospholipid syndrome do not appear very often.However, when they do, they can be incredibly useful for rheumatologists who find themselves trying to diagnose and manage a patient with this rare and complicated condition, which can present in myriad ways.

The FDA has granted De Novo authorization for NeuroMetrix to market its Quell neuromodulation device as an aid for reducing fibromyalgia symptoms in adults with high pain sensitivity, according to a company press release.“There is an unmet need for effective and safe fibromyalgia treatments,” Shai N. Gozani, MD, PhD, CEO of NeuroMetrix, said in the release. “Receiving this De