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Patients receiving mycophenolate mofetil combination therapies saw increased seroconversion after a third dose of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, while patients on anti-CD20 and S1P modulators saw little impact from a third dose, researchers noted.

Dialyze Direct has completed its acquisition of Compass Home Dialysis, a regional dialysis provider in Pennsylvania, according to a press release.“We are thrilled to welcome Compass and its highly skilled staff to the Dialyze Direct team, and to be able to extend our cutting-edge services to their already exceptional level of patient care,” Josh Rothenberg, president and co-founder of

Orthopedics Today | Since its emergence in health care, private equity investment in physician practices has steadily increased in specialties that provide outpatient services, have high reimbursement rates and have access to ancillary services revenue.Although primarily occurring in specialties such as ophthalmology, dermatology, gastroenterology and dentistry, private equity firms began entering into agreements

Healio Rheumatology | This month, we are so lucky to have such an extraordinary panel of experts in the field of rheumatoid arthritis — Daniel Aletaha, MD, MSc; Stanley Cohen, MD; Bryant R. England, MD, PhD; Roy Fleischmann, MD; and Liana Fraenkel, MD, MPH — debate the merits of remission vs. low disease activity as the desired target in the therapy of rheumatoid arthritis.Selecting too rigid a criterion

BOSTON — Surgical deroofing is a safe and effective technique for the management of hidradenitis suppurativa, according to a study presented at the American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting.According to Trang T. Vu, MD, PhD, of the University of Alberta, and colleagues, deroofing is a surgical technique in which the dermis or “roof” of a lesion is excised and the underlying

Diagnoses of psychiatric disorders were associated with increased incidence of COVID-19 breakthrough infection in VA patients, with the strongest associations found in older patients, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. “Prior to the widespread availability of vaccinations, individuals with psychiatric disorders were at heightened risk for contracting COVID-19 and for

When the CDC released new masking guidance at the end of February, it seemed to indicate a shift toward treating COVID-19 as something people will learn to live with.

Besides making sure each foot lands in front of the other, there isn’t much you can do during a 26.2-mile run other than let your mind wander. Howard Weinstein, MD, director of the pediatric hematology-oncology program at MassGeneral Hospital for Children Cancer Center, often thinks about each patient he’s run for at the Boston Marathon and the many others he’s treated

Long-term CT abnormalities were common up to 1 year after COVID-19 pneumonia in a study published in Radiology.Researchers performed a secondary analysis of CovILD, a prospective, multicenter, observational cohort study, conducted from April to August 2020. The study evaluated pulmonary abnormalities on chest CT at 2, 3 and 6 months and 1 year after COVID-19 symptoms in 142 adults who had mild to

BOSTON — The keynote speaker at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings discussed racial disparities in the United States and how physicians can change their practices and political behavior to achieve health equity. “COVID-19 had a huge impact on the United States population in general, but Blacks, Hispanics, American Indians and Pacific Islanders have had an