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Infectious Diseases

Targeted Monoclonal Antibody Therapy: Sotrovimab Shows Mortality Benefit in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients with High Antigen Loads

The RECOVERY trial demonstrates that sotrovimab significantly reduces 28-day mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients with high baseline serum antigen levels, highlighting the potential for biomarker-guided monoclonal antibody therapy de

Dec 23, 2025
Internal Medicine

Bridging the Care Gap: Smartphone-Based Pulmonary Rehabilitation Enhances Quality of Life and Physical Activity in Chronic Respiratory Disease

A 12-week randomized controlled trial reveals that smartphone-based pulmonary rehabilitation significantly improves quality of life and physical activity in patients with chronic respiratory diseases, offering a scalable and feasible altern

Dec 23, 2025
Internal Medicine

Academic vs. Industry: Why Non-Industry Trials Are Failing to Reach the Finish Line

A systematic review of 347 randomized trials reveals that non-industry-sponsored trials lag significantly behind industry counterparts in registration and results publication, with nearly one-third of all trials discontinued prematurely due

Dec 20, 2025Sign in to read
Internal Medicine

Why Our Strength and Fitness Peak in Our 20s–30s — and How Exercise Can Push Back the Clock

A 47-year study shows physical capacity peaks in the late 20s–30s and accelerates downward from about age 40 — but regular exercise, started at any age, can meaningfully delay decline.

Dec 20, 2025Sign in to read
Gastroenterology

Moving Beyond Injectables: SOR102 Shows Promise as an Oral Dual-Inhibitor for Ulcerative Colitis

A Phase 1 trial of SOR102, a first-in-class oral bispecific antibody targeting TNF and IL-23, demonstrates favorable safety and preliminary clinical activity in patients with ulcerative colitis, suggesting a potential shift toward localized

Dec 20, 2025Sign in to read
Internal Medicine

Tofacitinib Reverses Muscle Loss in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Insights from the RAMUS Trial

The RAMUS study demonstrates that the JAK inhibitor tofacitinib significantly increases lower limb muscle volume in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, offering a potential explanation for associated creatinine elevations and a new therapeu

Dec 19, 2025Sign in to read
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Tofacitinib and Muscle Volume: A Potential Paradigm Shift in Managing Rheumatoid Cachexia

The RAMUS study demonstrates that tofacitinib significantly increases lower limb muscle volume in rheumatoid arthritis patients, potentially explaining associated creatinine elevations and offering a new therapeutic avenue for combating mus

Dec 19, 2025Sign in to read
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Diabetes & Endocrinology

Precision Diabetology Validated: Algorithm for SGLT2i and DPP4i Selection Performs Accurately Across Major UK Ethnicity Groups

A retrospective cohort study validates an algorithm for choosing between SGLT2 and DPP4 inhibitors across diverse UK ethnicity groups, confirming its accuracy for precision medicine while highlighting the necessity of minor recalibration to

Dec 19, 2025Sign in to read
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Hematology-Oncology

Five-Year Durability of Etranacogene Dezaparvovec: Redefining the Long-term Management of Hemophilia B

The final 5-year analysis of the HOPE-B trial confirms that etranacogene dezaparvovec provides stable, long-term factor IX expression and clinical protection for patients with hemophilia B, effectively eliminating the need for routine proph

Dec 19, 2025
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Hematology-Oncology

Short-Course Ianalumab Combined with Eltrombopag: A Potential Shift Toward Sustained Remission in Immune Thrombocytopenia

The VAYHIT2 Phase 3 trial demonstrates that adding the BAFF-R monoclonal antibody ianalumab to eltrombopag significantly extends treatment-free intervals and improves stable response rates in patients with relapsed or refractory immune thro

Dec 18, 2025
Hematology-Oncology

B-Cell Depletion Meets TPO-RA: Ianalumab and Eltrombopag Redefine Treatment Success in Immune Thrombocytopenia

The Phase 3 VAYHIT2 trial reveals that combining ianalumab with eltrombopag significantly extends freedom from treatment failure and increases stable response rates in patients with second-line immune thrombocytopenia, potentially offering

Dec 18, 2025
Cardiology

Riboflavin and Blood Pressure: Evidence Remains Uncertain Despite Genetic Promise

Cochrane review shows uncertain effects of riboflavin on blood pressure, highlighting a need for larger and better-quality trials.

Dec 16, 2025
Cardiology

Aspirin in the Healthy Elderly: ASPREE’s Clear Message — No Benefit, Higher Bleeding, and Unexpected Cancer Signal

ASPREE randomized ~19,000 older adults to low‑dose aspirin or placebo. Over ~4.7 years, aspirin did not improve disability‑free survival or reduce cardiovascular events, increased major bleeding, and showed a surprising rise in cancer‑relat

Nov 28, 2025Sign in to read
Cardiology

Continuing Anticoagulation After Unprovoked VTE Lowers Recurrence but Raises Bleeding — Real‑World Target Trial Emulation Shows Net Clinical Benefit

A large target‑trial emulation of US claims data found continued oral anticoagulation after ≥90 days for unprovoked VTE markedly reduced recurrent VTE and mortality, increased major bleeding, but produced an overall net clinical benefit tha

Nov 22, 2025
Cardiology

Mobile Integrated Health vs Transitions of Care in Heart Failure: Insights from the Mighty-Heart Trial

A large clinical trial compared Mobile Integrated Health with standard care coordination for heart failure patients after hospital discharge, finding no significant overall benefits but highlighting potential age-related effects.

Nov 18, 2025
Infectious Diseases

Remote Cognitive Training, Structured Rehabilitation and tDCS Failed to Improve Self‑Reported Cognitive Symptoms in Long COVID: Results from a 5‑Arm Phase 2 Randomized Trial

A multicenter phase 2 randomized trial found no differential benefit of adaptive computerized cognitive training, structured cognitive rehabilitation, or transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) versus active comparators for self‑repo

Nov 18, 2025
Internal Medicine

The Vanishing Female Survival Advantage in Stage 5 CKD: Higher Mortality and Lower Receipt of Kidney Replacement Therapy Among Women

In a population-based Alberta cohort, women with incident stage 5 CKD lost the usual female survival advantage: younger women had substantially higher excess mortality than men and were less likely to receive transplants or dialysis, indepe

Nov 17, 2025
Diabetes & Endocrinology

Metformin Selectively Lowers Vitamin B12 but Not Other Vitamin Levels: Clinical Implications for Long-Term Therapy

A 200‑patient cross‑sectional study found metformin use tripled the odds of vitamin B12 deficiency without affecting vitamins A, B1, B6, B9, C or E, highlighting the need for targeted B12 monitoring in long‑term metformin therapy.

Nov 17, 2025
Cardiology

Quadpill or Dual Therapy for hypertension? Emerging Consensus After QUARTET — What Clinicians and Patients Should Know

Summarizes emerging expert consensus on ultra‑low‑dose quadruple antihypertensive therapy (the “quadpill”) after QUARTET and related evidence, with practical recommendations and caveats for clinical use.

Nov 14, 2025
Internal Medicine

Clinical Decision Support Tool May Improve ACEI and ARB Use in CKD

A personalized clinical decision support tool increased 30‑day reinitiation of ACE inhibitors or ARBs from 13% to 18% among veterans with CKD; benefits were modest and limited by population and implementation factors.

Nov 13, 2025Sign in to read
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