Novartis said its studies show that Cosentyx (secukinumab), formulated to treat psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS), achieves clearer skin in subjects after 12 weeks compared to Stelara (ustekinumab).

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted two new drug applications Merck submitted for an investigational treatment aimed at ameliorating HIV-1 infection in adults, according to a company press release.

With one-third of U.S. adults deemed clinically obese, researchers at University of California San Francisco (UCSF) recently revealed results of a study to pinpoint precise markers for those at greater risk for developing diabetes.

As a step toward equalizing health care accessibility, the University of Florida Diabetes Institute in conjunction with Stanford University will apply a $1.6 million grant to identifying tactics for reaching underserved Type 1 diabetes patients, a UF Health release said.

Raising awareness of correlations between homelessness and chronic medical conditions while supporting the community, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System (UI Health) in Chicago is advancing a program called Better Health Through Housing in a local outreach effort.

Researchers at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) recently isolated and identified the physical makeup of DHHC enzymes (palmitoyltransferases), which alter other proteins by connecting them to lipid (fatty acid) chains of assorted lengths, a modification known as palmitoylation that has the capacity to alter target protein characteristics.

The future of gene therapy has arrived after three decades of attempts to harness the modality, a National Institutes of Health release said.

Thanks to cows, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) said there may be a potential treatment for Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) after research demonstrated its safety and tolerability in clinical trial volunteers.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently chose the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center as a designated Shared Savings Program Accountable Care Organization (ACO), rendering it eligible to serve Medicare patients with fee-for-service care, the medical center said in a release.

University of California San Francisco President Janet Napolitano headlined the Jan. 11 UCSF medical school leadership retreat and participating in a roundtable discussion with the medical school's dean Talmadge E. King Jr.

With three major strains of influenza currently putting a strain on public health facilities in Chicago and statewide, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System (UI Health) has requested that individuals with symptoms of the illness refrain from visiting the hospital.

Dr. Hal Skopicki, a specialist in advanced cardiac disease, has been appointed as chief of cardiology and deputy director of operations at the Stony Brook University Heart Institute in New York.

Healthcare IT News, an online industry publication, recently recognized the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System recent segue to enhanced electronic record (EHR) storage by naming U. of I. Health to its “Best Hospital IT Department” list.

University of Florida neuroscientists recently determined that individuals with Tourette syndrome may benefit from deep brain stimulation (DBS) which has previously been proven effective with other movement disorders, including Parkinson’s disease.

Chadwick Matlin, a staff writer for the evidence-based fivethirtyeight.com, recently revealed his unexpected discovery of solace in the practice of mindfulness after experiencing initial skepticism – especially given the practice’s highly trending profile of late.

Presenting a potentially pioneering approach to Rett syndrome, a severe chromosomal disorder that affects females, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) recently published study results suggesting that genetic reactivation might serve as a key to a remedy.

With a childhood history of “a gazillion sunburns” and following multiple surgeries for melanoma, Massachusetts-based writer Martha Pfeiffer qualified for a pioneering Dana-Farber Cancer Institute study isolating patients’ tumor cell DNA for personalized vaccination potential.

H. Lundbeck A/S, a Danish pharmaceutical firm focused on psychiatric and neurological treatments, recently announced its partnership with Vanderbilt University to license and advance collaborative research for treating schizophrenia cases.

Orthopedic injuries, hypothermia, and other adverse health events may result from severe weather conditions such as the “bomb cyclone” lately sweeping the nation, according to emergency room physicians describing a recent uptick in winter-related ER cases.

In a collaboration with Cleveland Clinic, Select Medical Corp. recently opened the doors to its new 60-bed, state-of-the-art inpatient facility, Cleveland Clinic Rehabilitation Hospital, Beachwood, which offers specialty care to Ohio patients recovering from complex conditions.