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In a significant advancement for knee osteoarthritis treatment, LEVI-04 demonstrated pain reduction in more than 50% of treated patients, with effects lasting through 20 weeks of study.

Despite its reputation as a malabsorptive disorder, 27% of celiac disease patients in the United States are overweight, highlighting the importance of maintaining clinical suspicion regardless of body habitus.

Systemic inflammation from psoriasis affects multiple organ systems, with cardiovascular complications presenting the highest mortality risk among associated comorbidities.

23 million Americans take levothyroxine daily, making it one of the nation’s most prescribed medications, with new evidence suggesting potential risks to bone health even at standard therapeutic levels.

“Pulmonary arterial hypertension, a rare [form] of pulmonary hypertension, has a disproportionate impact on women,” wrote investigator Vallerie V. McLaughlin, MD, and co-authors in a published abstract for the study.