New treatments and completed trials across every condition — what was tested, what was found, and what it means for patients.
Condition guides
Knee osteoarthritis affects more than 14 million adults in the US, making it one of the most common causes of chronic pain and disability.
Read the guide →Ischemic stroke happens when a blood clot blocks flow to part of the brain.
Read the guide →Mitral valve regurgitation happens when the valve between the heart's upper and lower left chambers doesn't close properly, letting blood leak backward.
Read the guide →T-cell lymphoma is a group of blood cancers that start in a type of white blood cell called a T-cell.
Read the guide →Headache disorders — including chronic daily headache, tension-type headache, and cluster headache — affect hundreds of millions of people.
Read the guide →Diabetic nephropathy is kidney damage caused by diabetes.
Read the guide →Veterans with PTSD from killing in combat improved their daily functioning—work, relationships, and home life—when treated with Impact of Killing (IOK), a specialized therapy. Those receiving IOK showed greater gains than veterans in standard therapy, and also reported better improvements in PTSD and moral injury symptoms.
What this means for patients
If you're a veteran struggling with PTSD or moral distress from combat killing, this therapy targets the specific trauma of that experience and may help you rebuild your life and relationships faster than other treatments. Ask the VA about IOK availability at your local medical center.
Researchers tested delgocitinib cream in 98 adolescents with moderate to severe hand eczema. After 16 weeks, 64% of teens using the cream had clear or almost clear skin, compared to 29% using a placebo cream. The treatment was well tolerated with no serious side effects.
Read →Researchers tested tavapadon, a once-daily pill, in 304 people with early Parkinson's disease. After 26 weeks, those taking tavapadon had significantly better movement and daily function scores compared to those on a sugar pill, with side effects mainly including nausea, headache, and dizziness.
Read →Researchers tested an 8-week online program combining talk therapy and gentle exercise for teens with ongoing sickle cell pain. Over 4 in 5 teens reported less pain after completing the program, and the improvement lasted at least 3 months.
Read →Kids who got at least 13 of the program's 21 steps — things like earlier eating, less pain medicine, and faster movement after surgery — went home more than a day sooner and had half as many complications. The study tracked 597 children ages 10 to 18, most with inflammatory bowel disease, across 18 hospitals.
Read →Breast cancer survivors using a suite of five mental health apps saw greater reductions in anxiety symptoms than those using an educational app alone over 12 months. Adding human coaching helped survivors who initially struggled to engage with the apps stay with the treatment longer.
Read →In a 4-week trial of 359 adults hospitalized for acute schizophrenia, two doses of LB-102 significantly improved psychotic symptoms compared to placebo. The 50 mg and 75 mg doses showed the strongest effects, with side effects occurring in about half to two-thirds of patients across all groups.
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