Obesity treatment evolves as GLP-1 medication use surges 587%, while bariatric surgery rates decline significantly. A new analysis parses the trends.

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The new, 7-member committee was clear on its support for the mAb for infants and the essential role of vaccination against influenza but wants an alternative preservative to thimerosal.

Roflumilast 0.15% is the only 1 of 4 newly evaluated branded topical therapies to receive the Academy's strong recommendation for AD management in adults.

Suboptimal adherence with antidementia drugs is associated with poorer clinical outcomes including accelerated disease progression and symptomatology.

ADA 2025: Once-monthly dosing led to significant weight loss in adults with obesity, with or without type 2 diabetes, reported researchers.

Panelists discuss the vital role of primary care providers in early skin cancer detection, highlighting the need for improved diagnostic confidence, integration of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, and efficient workflows to overcome time and resource constraints, ultimately aiming to reduce delays and improve patient outcomes.

Viking Therapeutics initiates phase 3 trials for VK2735, a promising dual incretin agonist targeting obesity and other metabolic disorders, based on strong phase 2 findings.

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Atopic dermatitis is not just "another rash on the schedule. It could the the reason that patient doesn't leave the house."

In the phase 2b trial, the IL-2 pathway agonist and Treg proliferator demonstrated a strong dose-dependent biological response across 3 treatment arms vs placebo.

The now 7-member ACIP will discuss dated issues including thimerosal in flu vaccine and MMR-related febrile seizures but not vaccines against cervical cancer and pneumonia.

RAD 2025: Multidisciplinary collaboration at disease-specific meetings drives clinical and therapeutic progress in AD, Dr Yu told Patient Care.

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Dermatologists aren't trained in mental health but once in practice they need to have a deep appreciation for the emotional impact of diseases like AD and a low bar for mental health referral.

At RAD 2025, Dr Yu shared hopes for more real-world data and targeted treatment approaches for chronic hand eczema.

ADA 2025: Mifepristone lowered HbA1c levels by about 1.5% over 24 weeks vs placebo among participants with hypercortisolism and inadequately controlled T2D.

Lundbeck announced the designation today and said it is expanding an ongoing phase I/II clinical open label trial of the investigational mAb in adults with classic CAH.

ADA 2025: The combination of the GLP-1 RA and novel monoclonal antibody yielded 92.8% of total weight loss from fat mass and 22.1% decrease in baseline weight.

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RAD 2025: Yale dermatologist Mona Shahriari, MD, urged primary care clinicians to refer patients with AD who don't improve to prevent cumulative emotional burden.

ADA 2025: Orforglipron lowered HbA1C by an average of 1.3% to 1.6% across doses, with improvements seen as early as 4 weeks, in a phase 3 trial.

ADA 2025: An intervention to emphasize weight-related care in primary care settings eliminated weight gain at the population level, researchers report.

Weight cycling significantly raises heart failure and metabolic disease risks, independent of baseline overweight, underscoring the importance of stable weight strategies.