Data presented showed return-to-sport time and anterior knee pain were improved when surgeons used a novel transverse medial parapatellar incision for intramedullary nailing of tibial shaft fractures.

A treatment involving broadband light improved the clinical appearance of senile purpura and prevented future lesions, according to a presentation at the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery annual meeting.

The investigational antifungal fosmanogepix was found to be safe and well tolerated with a high level of treatment success in patients with candidemia, according to data from a small open-label study presented at IDWeek.

Heavy use of contract staffing was associated with an increased risk for a COVID-19 outbreak in nursing homes, according to research presented at this year’s virtual IDWeek.

Cardiorespiratory fitness appears to be more important for CVD and CHD survival than weight or BMI, which may explain the existence of the obesity paradox, a speaker reported.

Allogeneic or “off-the-shelf” chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapies have moved into early-phase clinical testing with the hope that they will offer many advantages over autologous regimens.

Overminus therapy, a method that has been used to control intermittent exotropia, was found to increase myopia progression, particularly in children who are already myopic, according to research presented at the American Academy of Optometry virtual meeting.

An investigational presbyopia treatment met primary efficacy endpoints in two phase 3 clinical trials, reaching statistical significance in near vision improvement, according to a press release.

Compared with never smokers, current smokers had elevated risk for CV mortality, which was higher the earlier a person began smoking, researchers reported.

The FDA granted priority review to fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki for treatment of HER2-positive metastatic gastric cancer or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.