Q&A

Treatment
Treatment
03/09/2020
Atul Deodhar, MD, MRCP, from Oregon Health and Science University, answers our questions about the findings from the DISCOVER-1 clinical trial on the efficacy of guselkumab for the treatment of patients...
03/09/2020
chronic inflammation
chronic inflammation
03/04/2020
Jillian Rose, PhD, MPH, LCSW, and Priscilla Toral, LCSW, both from Hospital for Special Surgery, answer our questions about their research on self-reported needs and concerns of men with systemic lupus...
03/04/2020
Pediatrics
Pediatrics
03/03/2020
Traumatic brain injury affects people of all ages, but children are at high risk especially if they participate in sports. Nicole D. Reams, MD, a sports neurologist at NorthShore University HealthSystem,...
03/03/2020
Cardiometabolic risk
Cardiometabolic risk
02/26/2020
A new study team evaluated whether midlife obesity is a cause of dementia and whether risk factors such as diet or physical inactivity were causes or consequences of the gradual onset of dementia. Lead...
02/26/2020
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
02/25/2020
Manal Abdelmalek, MD, MPH, from Duke University, answers our questions about the challenges in the diagnosis and staging of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.
02/25/2020
Gout
Gout
02/20/2020
David Bursill, MD, answers our questions about the consensus statement from the Gout, Hyperuricemia and Crystal-Associated Disease Network on recommended nomenclature for disease states of gout.
02/20/2020
Treatment
Treatment
02/19/2020
Diego J. Maselli, MD, answers our questions about choosing the right biologic for patients with severe asthma, the costs of biologics, and challenges to patient adherence to these therapies.
02/19/2020
ebola
ebola
02/19/2020
Lorenzo Subissi, PhD, answers our questions about his study that investigated subsequent mortality among people discharged from a treatment center after the 2013-2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
02/19/2020
cardiovascular disease
cardiovascular disease
02/13/2020
Nutrition411 spoke with Jo Ann Carson, PhD, RDN, about the American Heart Association’s latest science advisory on dietary cholesterol and cardiovascular risk, which was published in Circulation. February...
02/13/2020
Screening
Screening
02/12/2020
Researchers evaluated improvements in predicting 5-year AF risk when adding novel candidate variables identified by machine learning to the CHARGE-AF Enriched score. Lead researcher Joshua Bundy, PhD, MPH,...
02/12/2020