Urticaria may be acute or chronic. As opposed to acute urticaria, chronic urticaria is defined by recurrent episodes occurring at least twice a week for 6 weeks (Grattan, Sabroe, & Greaves ...

Novartis is just months away from filing for approval of oral BTK inhibitor remibrutinib as a treatment for chronic spontaneous urticaria – also known as chronic hives – after reporting long ...

(150 mg Q4W) achieved complete response at Week 52 -- Rapid, profound and durable improvement in UAS7 as early as Week 1 with a deepening of response over 52 weeks -- Robust improvement across ...

Nifedipine has a small effect in chronic urticaria, and is often used for ... Based on our appreciation that some patients have an autoimmune basis, immunosuppressive therapy is considered for ...

Novartis' big-selling IgE inhibitor Xolair has been a mainstay of treatment for refractory chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) for many years, but its efforts to find a successor have seen some ...

1 Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China 2 Department of Neurology, The First Affiliation Hospital of China Medical ...

This was illustrated in Mary’s story when her fiancée broke their engagement. Many people with chronic autoimmune disease feel that there is a lack of understanding among those closest to them about ...

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Sep. 23, 2024 — A study of nearly 2,000 former NFL players shows one-third believe that they have chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Those individuals were more likely to report cognitive ...

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Keren Landman, MD is a senior reporter covering public health, emerging infectious diseases, the health workforce, and health justice at Vox. Keren is trained as a physician, researcher, and ...