The nonprofit world is stewing over the ban Apple has put on making donations on the iPhone via charity apps. No one, including Apple, has data on how many nonprofits have created apps for the iPhone. Organizations like the Monterey…

Pharmaceutical (drug) and biotech companies are constantly researching and developing new medications to treat medical conditions, and new drugs come on the market frequently. People who have rare diseases or disorders, however, have not had as much research attention in…

Pemphigus is a term used to describe blistering of the skin caused by binding of antibodies to the surface of the cells of the outer layer of the skin, the epidermis. In pemphigus vulgaris, the most common form of pemphigus,…

Our scientific knowledge of pemphigus has dramatically progressed in recent years. However, despite the availability of various therapeutic options for the treatment of inflammatory diseases, only a few multicenter controlled trials have helped to define effective therapies in pemphigus. A…

The risk of death in patients with pemphigusvulgaris has been substantially reduced by treat- ment with systemic corticosteroids.5 Current therapy consists of high doses of corticosteroids plus immunosuppressive agents.6 This combination frequently causes long-term immunosuppression, the consequences of…

Currently, available technologies are limited in their power to characterize autoreactive T cells, which are necessary for the generation of autoantibodies in PV and the development of disease. The research team of the Department of Dermatology at the Weill Medical…

“This new science is forcing the medical community to take more seriously the popular notions of the mind-body connection,” says Esther M. Sternberg, M.D., director of the Integrative Neural Immune Program at the National Institute of Mental Health. In response…

“How are you doing?” “O.K.” That kind of exchange, which takes place at all too many medical checkups, may sound harmless. But for patients with chronic health problems — arthritis, heart disease, cancer, irritable bowel syndrome, diabetes, attention deficit disorder…

The Unseen Problem With Drugs Judith Graves developed a rare medical condition called jawbone death after taking Fosamax, a drug used by millions of American women with thinning bones. The F.D.A. said the optimal period for using drugs like Fosamax…

Dosage and indication “creep” with the new biologics to treat inflammatory diseases have payers enforcing strict utilization policies. Physicians counter that payers can’t dictate treatment. With even more biologics on the horizon, and drug spend spiralling upward, both sides need…