Rita Aghjayan

Adverse effects of oral and inhaled corticosteroid use may impact quality of life for people with asthma.

The OPTIMAL trial assessed the effects of continuous glucose monitoring compared with HbA1c-guided glycemic control on the progression of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

The use of continuous glucose monitoring may improve outcomes in patients with cystic fibrosis-related diabetes.

Future disease-modifying interventions for COPD may greatly affect quality of life and survival.

Some factors that influence the inequities in cancer care include historical, structural, systemic, and interpersonal factors.

Recognizing the challenges and needs associated with combating and preventing RSV may help reduce health care and patient burdens.

Researchers assessed the reproducibility of at-home CGM acquisitions with mixed meal tolerance tests among patients with CF-related diabetes who were not treated with insulin.

Study results suggest an association between lung cancer, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, waist circumference, and glycated hemoglobin.

Accurate characterization and differentiation of acute pain during radiation therapy may help facilitate symptom management for patients with oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers.

Survivorship care for patients with colon cancer should include comprehensive coordination between oncologists, specialists, and primary care providers and include psychological and economic factors in addition to standard health recommendations.

Geriatric screening and assessment have not been widely used, despite international society recommendations for screening older patients with cancer.

Patients with type 1 diabetes who use technologies for glycemic management may perceive these devices as important for glucose monitoring and emotion well-being, but affordability remains a significant barrier.

While baseline respiratory symptoms may increase the future risk of VTE in women, the study results did not find the same association in men.

For noncritically ill hospitalized patients with diabetes, CGM is a reliable tool to improve glycemic control. However, more randomized studies are needed to assess these results in diverse populations.

Nonpharmaceutical interventions used during the COVID-19 pandemic may have affected the current epidemiology of respiratory infections in pediatric patients.

Cedar pollen allergen-specific IgE values may be sufficient for diagnostic use in pollen allergy screening.

Data suggest a high rate of secondary bacterial ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients with COVID-19 and acute respiratory distress syndrome.

The effects of complex interactions with pollens, meteorological variables, and air pollutants on the concentration of pollen in a changing climate is still not well understood.

The use of biomarker profiles to guide asthma treatment decisions have not been well-studied.

A lower level of education was associated with an increased risk for uncontrolled asthma, particularly in adults with non-atopic asthma and those who used inhaled corticosteroids daily.