Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. Also called major depressive disorder or clinical depression, it affects how you feel, think and behave and can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems.
Over time, conditions that damage the liver can lead to scarring (cirrhosis), which can lead to liver failure, a life-threatening condition. But early treatment may give the liver time to heal.
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL) is a non-Hodgkin lymphoma subtype that varies patient by patient, with some having a highly aggressive disease course and others having indolent disease that progresses slowly over several years.
This AMCP and AMCP Foundation webinar reviewed the complexities of real-world evidence and its increasingly important role in health care decision-making.
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have higher rates of mortality attributed to the inflammatory nature and the associated burden of cardiovascular complications. Previous research indicates that treatment with statin therapy may play a role in reducing the mortality rate of RA patients, but similar evidence in U.S. patients is lacking.