Crohn’s disease, a complex chronic inflammatory disorder of the GI tract, affects approximately 780,000 Americans with an estimated 33,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Crohn’s, along with ulcerative colitis, are the two major forms of inflammatory bowel disease...
There is a complex relationship between cannabis use and mental health. We studied recent time trends of the rate of cannabis-induced disorder emergency department visits and cannabis-involved emergency department visits (both defined below). Between 2019 and 2020, we...
In the first comparative effectiveness study of tirzepatide (Mounjaro) and semaglutide (Ozempic) for weight loss using real-world data, Truveta Research found that patients with overweight or obesity taking tirzepatide were three times more likely to achieve 15%...
In the world of healthcare, few conditions have seen as much transformation over the past decade as diabetes. With 37.3 million Americans living with diabetes, and a further 96 million in the prediabetes stage, it’s a life-altering health concern for nearly 40% of the...
Adequate treatments are a crucial piece in the fight against the spread of HIV, because they can make HIV viral load undetectable in the blood and thus untransmittable. Approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in January 2021, one of the newest treatments...
Lecanemab received accelerated FDA approval in January 2023 and full FDA approval in July 2023. A potential side effect of the drug is brain swelling and/or small hemorrhages and is most common for people with the APOE ε4 genetic variant, therefore rates of APOE e4...
