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PHOENIX — Researchers identified Ara h 6 as a relevant component for diagnosing peanut allergy among children in the U.S., according to a study presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting. “This has not been studied in the U.S. yet, especially in a pediatric population,” Jessica M. Palmieri, DO, a second-year allergy and immunology fellow
Combined individual and group schema therapy outperformed treatment as usual and predominantly group schema therapy for borderline personality disorder, according to results of a randomized clinical trial. “Early trials of [schema therapy (ST)] demonstrated effectiveness when delivered in an individual format,” Arnoud Arntz, PhD, of the department of clinical psychology at the
B.J. Rimel, MD, has been named medical director of the Cedars-Sinai Cancer Clinical Trials Office.Rimel, a gynecologic oncologist and surgeon, will serve as a medical liaison between clinical trial principal investigators and Cedars-Sinai Cancer leadership to ensure the quality of services provided to patients.
A more nuanced understanding of COVID-19-related cytokine storm syndrome may hold the key to minimizing fatalities, noted a presenter at the Basic and Clinical Immunology for the Busy Clinician symposium.“This started from an early, data-deprived hypothesis that cytokine storm has a mechanistic basis of critical COVID-19 pathogenesis,” Puja Mehta, MD, a clinical research fellow in
Premenopausal women with long or irregular menstrual cycles have a higher risk for prevalent and incident nonalcoholic fatty liver disease compared with women with normal cycles, according to study findings. “Long or irregular menstrual cycles were associated with higher prevalence of and also increased risk of developing nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in young, premenopausal women, and