In 74 patients with IPF receiving antifibrotic therapy, sleep quality improved significantly, as the median Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index score fell from 9 to 6. Patients with idiopathic pulmonary ...

Best practices most often mentioned by amyloidosis stakeholders included patient-centric multidisciplinary care, responsiveness to patients' questions, and timely intake of new patients who are at ...

After the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was added to the solid phase red cell adherence test, the detection rate of anti-CD36 increased about 15-fold. Platelet antibodies that may lead to fetal ...

The adjusted mean change in forced vital capacity at week 52 was –107.1 mL in patients given placebo, –61.2 mL in patients treated with 9 mg of nerandomilast twice a day, and –64.9 mL in patients ...

The FDA granted Fast Track Designation to coramitug for ATTR-CM as it advances in the ongoing phase 3 CLEOPATTRA trial. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track Designation to ...

At week 52, 50.9% of patients on elafibranor met the primary endpoint of biochemical response compared with 3.8% of those receiving the placebo. Lower baseline alkaline phosphatase (ALP) levels were ...

Researchers developed an AI-based framework that can generate a report like a primary care physician, which can then help identify undiagnosed patients with ATTR-CM and individuals who are at risk of ...

The highest levels of immunoglobulin G (IgG), IgM, and IgA were observed in patients with cirrhosis due to autoimmune liver disease, primary biliary cholangitis, and alcoholic liver disease, ...

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In a cross-sectional study, the researchers reported psychiatric comorbidities in 46.5% of 43,270 adults with neurofibromatosis. The most common psychiatric comorbidities included mood disorders (22.1 ...

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) is a rare acquired autoimmune neurological disorder in which both T-cell-mediated and humoral immune mechanisms target healthy myelinated ...

Individuals with advanced liver disease may also experience significant weight loss due to nausea and poor appetite. Candidates for liver transplantation may need to gain weight to optimize surgical ...