Piotr Milkiewicz, MD, DSc, MRCP Credit: Sonomed Szczecin New research suggests fatigue is common in patients with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), underscoring the importance of quantifying this symptom in patients’ clinical workup and considering it in therapeutic decision-making.1 Leveraging data from 2 cohorts of patients with PBC and PSC recruited … Read more
A woman in Maine developed a dangerous meat allergy after a black-legged tick bite—prompting the CDC to rethink which ticks can trigger alpha-gal syndrome. A decade of cases suggests the threat is broader than once believed. Dispatch: Alpha-Gal Syndrome after Ixodes scapularis Tick Bite and Statewide Surveillance, Maine, USA, 2014–2023. Image Credit: Aleksei Ruzhin / Shutterstock In … Read more
Dupilumab treatment of prurigo nodularis can effectively improve patients’ pruritus, quality of life, and nodular lesions in real-world settings, according to recent findings.1 These findings were the result of new research authored by a team led by Zuotao Zhao, from Tianjin Institute of Integrative Dermatology at Tianjin Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated Hospital in … Read more