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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.

Weekly semaglutide administration achieved a 13.7% weight reduction while demonstrating significant improvements in knee osteoarthritis pain, potentially offering a new therapeutic approach for this challenging patient population.

“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.

Acne fulminans, a severe variant of inflammatory acne, can present with systemic symptoms and requires prompt, aggressive treatment. This case study outlines a successful treatment approach with oral glucocorticoids, isotretinoin, and topical antimicrobials.

Salt-and-pepper skin pigmentation can be an early indicator of systemic sclerosis, characterized by vitiligo-like depigmentation with sparing of perifollicular areas.

Convincing bone loss would be bone loss at more than 1 site or over more than 1 interval, or bone loss associated with elevated markers of bone turnover such as cross-linked C-telopeptide of type-1 collagen (CTx) greater than 300 pg/mL.