A new study found that 1 in 3 rheumatoid arthritis patients with normal heart function on standard tests had hidden heart strain detectable only through advanced imaging, with anemia emerging as the strongest predictor.
A 75-year-old woman with severe weight loss and low potassium was diagnosed with pituitary Cushing’s disease, challenging assumptions about how the condition typically presents.
A UK Biobank analysis identified 56 modifiable risk factors for sudden cardiac arrest; lifestyle improvements alone could prevent up to 18% of cases, with a total prevention potential of 63%.
Sotatercept reduced the composite risk of death, lung transplantation, or hospitalization for worsening pulmonary arterial hypertension by nearly 75% compared with placebo in high-risk patients in a phase III trial.
The FDA approved Rinvoq (upadacitinib) as the first and only oral Janus kinase inhibitor for the treatment of giant cell arteritis in adults, providing a steroid-sparing option for achieving sustained remission.