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(MedPage Today) -- At the recent American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) annual meeting, a presentation called "Psoriasis Beyond the Skin: Obesity, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Risk," featuring Joel M. Gelfand, MD, of the University of Pennsylvania...

(MedPage Today) -- First-time prescriptions for anti-obesity medications jumped by 21.7% around the time that oral semaglutide (Wegovy) for weight loss launched, according to Truveta data. Adults with obesity lost an average 16.6% of their body...

“For the first time, FDA regulators will be able to see what’s happening in a clinical trial, looking at endpoints in the cloud as they occur,” writes FDA commissioner.

(MedPage Today) -- Moderately restricting protein intake was associated with more favorable kidney outcomes in patients with stage 3 and 4 chronic kidney disease (CKD), an Israeli retrospective study indicated. Among 530 propensity score-matched...