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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.

Seizure- and epilepsy-related emergency department visits decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with pre-pandemic levels, with the largest drop seen among young children, per a study in MMWR. “Seizures generally account for approximately 1% of all emergency department visits,” Sanjeeb Sapkota, MBBS, MPH, of the Center for Global Health at the CDC, and colleagues wrote.

Mucosal melanoma — or melanoma in the mucous membranes — differs from cutaneous melanoma in its genesis, its treatment and its severity. Sometimes called a “hidden cancer,” mucosal melanoma is often more deadly than cutaneous melanoma. It is difficult to diagnose and often not found until the later stages, making treatment and survival more difficult.

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

United Therapeutics Corp. announced that the FDA has approved the Tyvaso dry powder inhaler for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension and pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease to improve exercise ability.Tyvaso DPI represents a new formulation and inhalation device for inhaled treprostinil and is the only dry powder inhaler approved by the FDA for use in PAH

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 with diabetes and neuropathy experience significantly more fatigue than those with diabetes and no neuropathy and people without diabetes, according to a speaker at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology annual meeting.

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 DIEGO — Patients who underwent laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery for gastroesophageal reflux disease experienced long-term improvement in symptoms commonly misperceived to persist, according to study results. “Our take home-message is to make patients as well as our colleagues — not only the surgeons but also the primary care physicians and gastroenterologists — who

AVT04, a biosimilar candidate to ustekinumab developed by Alvotech, met the primary endpoint in a confirmatory clinical study of patients with chronic plaque-type psoriasis, according to a company press.