In this IgNS 2024 conference video, Dr. Eleni Tiniakou, a rheumatologist and assistant professor at Johns Hopkins, shares advancements in myositis treatment approaches. She highlights evidence-based therapies, including interferon pathway inhibitors, B-cell targeting, and early research on CAR T-cell applications. Dr. Tiniakou emphasizes the importance of personalized approaches to address the diverse pathogenic factors in myositis treatment. These insights provide physicians tools to better tailor treatments across myositis subtypes and improve patient outcomes.
The gut microbiota functions like a vital organ, essential for human health. By analyzing metagenomic data from dietary interventions in type 2 diabetes and multiple diseases, the researchers in the linked study identified stable gut microbial relationships. The study model reveals two competing guilds: one for fiber fermentation and butyrate production, and another linked to virulence and antibiotic resistance.
The American Heart Association (AHA) will be hosting its annual scientific sessions at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago from Nov. 16 to 18, 2024. This conference will focus on the latest innovations for scientists, clinicians, researchers, and other health care professionals interested in cardiovascular disease.
We will be covering the event for you, so stay tuned for reports with highlights and a wrap-up of the conference. Click above to access some of the highlights that caught our attention.
Management of triglycerides, non-high density lipoprotein cholesterol and high density lipoprotein cholesterol - PubMed
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37979723/
Dyslipidaemia characterised by elevated total cholesterol/LDL-C, triglyceride or both or decreased HDL-C is an important risk factor for the development of ASCVD. Atherogenic dyslipidaemia characterised by high TG, low HDL-C...
Dyslipidaemia increases ASCVD risk, particularly in Asian Indians. Management includes lifestyle changes and pharmacotherapy for severe cases. Non-HDL-C is a better ASCVD risk marker than HDL-C, which lacks proven causality.
Role of PCSK9 inhibitors in the management of dyslipidaemia - PubMed
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38195006/
Proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin9 (PCSK9) inhibitors are novel agents that lower LDL cholesterol and reduce cardio-vascular event rate. Being expensive, these agents are reserved for those with high risk or...
PCSK9 inhibitors lower LDL cholesterol and cardiovascular event rates, reserved for high-risk patients with inadequate responses to statins and ezetimibe or those intolerant to statins due to high cost.


