Sarcoidosis is a multi-systemic disease of unknown etiology with a clinical presentation ranging from asymptomatic disease to organ failure. While some patients with sarcoidosis have spontaneous disease remission, others may require treatment for symptom management, organ involvement, and/or risk reduction of disease progression. Data on sarcoidosis treatment in the U.S. is limited and inconsistent, with […]
The prevalence of armed conflicts, terrorist attacks and industrial accidents necessitates clinician understanding of blast injuries in both civilian and military settings. Blast injuries are a complex form of trauma, resulting from the explosive release of energy. The severity and types of injury depend on the proximity to the blast, blast pressure and the presence […]
In the U.S., atrial fibrillation (AF), a heart condition that causes an irregular heartbeat in the upper chambers of the heart, affects up to one in three people in their lifetime. Significant complications associated with this condition include ischemic stroke, heart failure, myocardial infarction, chronic kidney disease, dementia and mortality. In a new review article […]
Hui Feng, MD, PhD, associate professor of pharmacology, physiology & biophysics and medicine, has received an RO1 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The five-year, $3.1M award will support the project, “Mechanisms of Immunosuppression in MYCN-driven Neuroblastoma.” Feng will team with Derin Keskin, PhD, from the Dana-Farber […]
These disparities highlight opportunities for further exploration to retain a stable, effective healthcare workforce.
“Even when accounting for inequities in risk factors, sexual minority veterans continue to fair worse than heterosexual peers,” explains associate professor of medicine and corresponding author Carl G. Streed, MD.
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May be pathway to getting information to vulnerable populations during a health emergency.
Findings underscore that age is an important risk factor for the severity of COVID-19.
Study highlights how the history of America’s mass incarceration may be contributing to increased violence in the communities that are hardest hit by incarceration.
Much-needed pharmacologic interventions is paramount to better understand the complex modulators of the disease.