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touchEXPERT FOCUS for touchCARDIO Listen to Dr. Anuradha Lala-Trindade discuss the burden of heart failure hospitalization, why inpatient intravenous diuresis remains the conventional approach to worsening heart failure, and how outpatient and home-based decongestion strategies, supported by appropriate patient selection, monitoring and follow-up, can help overcome barriers to discharge and suppor...

touchEXPERT FOCUS for touchOPHTHALMOLOGY Listen to an interview with Dr. Christine Kay on the role of vitamin A in the retina, how vitamin A processing is disrupted in Stargardt disease, and the mechanism of action, emerging clinical evidence, and key safety considerations for emerging oral therapies. The expert: Dr. Christine Kay, Vitreoretinal Associates, Gainesville, FL, USA This activity is fu...

touchIN CONVERSATION for touchNEUROLOGY and touchONCOLOGY Management of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1)–associated plexiform neurofibromas in adults requires individualized decisions that account for symptoms, function, resectability and patient goals. Listen to NF1 experts Prof. Allan Belzberg, a neurosurgeon, and Dr. Angela Hirbe, an oncologist, as they discuss targeted therapy, adverse-effect mo...

touchPANEL DISCUSSION for touchNEUROLOGY Hear from three experts as they share practical insights into recognizing and diagnosing Lennox–Gastaut syndrome across the lifespan, navigating the complexities of polytherapy, and addressing the cognitive, behavioral, functional, and quality of life challenges that extend beyond seizure control. The experts: Dr. Elaine Wirrell —Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN,...

Dr. Melinda Gooderham, Prof. Dr. Falk Bechara, and Dr. Daniel Stein discuss how evolving therapies are reshaping HS management and multidisciplinary care, with patient perspectives highlighting the impact of coordinated care and effective disease control. The multidisciplinary team Dr. Melinda Gooderham - SKiN Centre for Dermatology, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Prof. Dr. Falk Bechara - Ruhr Univ...

Dr. Melinda Gooderham, Prof. Dr. Falk Bechara, and Dr. Daniel Stein discuss the medical and surgical decision-making challenges in perineal and genital HS, including common diagnostic pitfalls, how to integrate medical and surgical treatment, and the unique role of urology in managing complex disease.  The multidisciplinary team Dr. Melinda Gooderham - SKiN Centre for Dermatology, Peterborough, On...

Dr. Melinda Gooderham and Dr. Jillian Kerry discuss the unique challenges of hidradenitis suppurativa in women, including vulvar disease, hormonal influences, pregnancy, and the importance of collaboration between dermatology and obstetrics and gynecology. The multidisciplinary team Dr. Melinda Gooderham - SKiN Centre for Dermatology, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Dr. Jillian Kerry - University of...

Dr. Melinda Gooderham and Prof. Dr. Falk Bechara discuss opportunities for earlier recognition and referral of hidradenitis suppurativa, including key clinical clues, referral pathways, and the impact of diagnostic delay. A patient perspective highlights the importance of timely diagnosis and coordinated care. The multidisciplinary team Dr. Melinda Gooderham - SKiN Centre for Dermatology, Peterbor...

touchEXPERT FOCUS for touchINFECTIOUS DISEASES Listen to a series of short interviews with three leading experts discussing preference-sensitive care for people living with HIV. Faculty consider the evolving landscape of simplified ART options, including long-acting injectable regimens, and provide practical strategies to align treatment choices with individual goals and preferences. They also dis...

touchEXPERT FOCUS for touchNEUROLOGY, touchIMMUNOLOGY, touchOPHTHALMOLOGY    Dr. Eoin Flanagan shares his expert insights on myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) and how to distinguish it from other demyelinating diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS) and aquaporin-4 antibody-positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (AQP4-positive NMOSD). As part of the int...

touchMDT for touchIMMUNOLOGY, touchHEMATOLOGY, touchDERMATOLOGY, and touchONCOLOGY Listen to key experts from a multidisciplinary team discuss the diagnosis, classification, and management of patients with systemic mastocytosis. They provide their key insights on effectively recognizing systemic mastocytosis, integrating key classification criteria from the ICC and WHO, and how multidisciplinary c...

touchMDT for touchIMMUNOLOGY, touchHEMATOLOGY, touchDERMATOLOGY, and touchONCOLOGY Listen to key experts from a multidisciplinary team discuss the diagnosis, classification, and management of patients with systemic mastocytosis. They provide their key insights on effectively recognizing systemic mastocytosis, integrating key classification criteria from the ICC and WHO, and how multidisciplinary c...

touchMDT for touchIMMUNOLOGY, touchHEMATOLOGY, touchDERMATOLOGY, and touchONCOLOGY Listen to key experts from a multidisciplinary team discuss the diagnosis, classification, and management of patients with systemic mastocytosis. They provide their key insights on effectively recognizing systemic mastocytosis, integrating key classification criteria from the ICC and WHO, and how multidisciplinary c...

touchEXPERT FOCUS for touchONCOLOGY Listen to an interview with Dr. Deborah Wong as she shares her expert insights on the current evidence and latest guidelines for immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICIs) use in recurrent/metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (R/M NPC). She also discusses how patient- and disease-specific factors can inform individualized treatment decisions. The expert: Dr. Deborah Wong...

touchEXPERT FOCUS for touchOPHTHALMOLOGY Listen to a series of short interviews with three leading experts discussing chronic and/or recurrent postoperative intraocular inflammation. The faculty explore how to identify patients with persistent disease, differentiate infectious, mechanical, and non-infectious etiologies, and use multimodal imaging to evaluate underlying causes and posterior segment...

touchCONGRESS for touchONCOLOGY and touchRESPIRATORY   Listen to thoracic oncologist Dr. Julia Rotow (USA) review the latest HER2-targeted therapy data for NSCLC from the 2026 ASCO Annual Meeting. Alongside Prof. David Planchard (France) and Dr. Misako Nagasaka (USA), they discuss these findings in the context of evidence presented at recent international congresses and their clinical implications...

touchPANEL DISCUSSION for touchONCOLOGY Listen to a panel of leading experts discuss how biomarker-driven insights and emerging therapies are shaping treatment decisions in PDAC. They cover early testing strategies, novel targeted and immunologic therapies, and evidence-based treatment sequencing across the disease continuum. The experts: Dr. Allyson Ocean - Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, U...

touchPANEL DISCUSSION for touchNEUROLOGY Listen to three leading experts discussing the recent advances in timely, biomarker-guided diagnosis and how current and emerging intravenous and subcutaneous disease-modifying therapies may impact clinical practice in the future and enable treatment personalization based on the underlying pathology of Alzheimer’s disease The experts Dr Soo Borson, Keck USC...

touchIN CONVERSATION for touchOPHTHALMOLOGY As treatment options for geographic atrophy continue to evolve, clinicians face new opportunities and challenges in diagnosis, treatment planning, and patient engagement. Join retina specialists Dr. Samuel Minaker and Dr. Priya Vakharia for a peer-to-peer discussion on geographic atrophy care, covering the patient journey from diagnosis to effective pati...

touchEXPERT FOCUS for touchHEMATOLOGY, touchCARDIO and touchNEPHROLOGY Listen to a series of interviews with Dr. Toru Kubo as he shares his expert insights into real-world diagnostic pitfalls in cardiac amyloid light-chain amyloidosis (AL), stepwise application of the Japanese Circulation Society (JCS) diagnostic algorithm to achieve an accurate diagnosis of cardiac AL, and timely engagement of he...

touchTALKS for touchNEUROLOGY Listen to an autoimmune neuromuscular disease expert review the unmet needs for patients with generalized myasthenia gravis and explain how emerging targeted therapies address underlying disease mechanisms to improve patient outcomes. The expert Dr. Richard Nowak, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA This touchPODCAST is for healthcare professionals outside of...

touchCASES for touchOPHTHALMOLOGY Listen to two experts as they discuss three cases illustrating the art and science of presbyopia-correcting intraocular lens (IOL) selection, from preoperative planning to patient satisfaction. They examine key decision points from preoperative assessment and clinical workup to presbyopia-correcting IOL selection in routine and complex cases. The experts: Dr. Dagn...

touchTALKS for touchENDOCRINOLOGY Listen to Dr. Richard Auchus, as he describes how hypercortisolism can lead to hyperglycemia and hypertension, and discusses how to recognize, screen, and manage hypercortisolism in at-risk patient populations. The expert Dr Richard J. Auchus, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. This touchPODCAST is for HCPs in the USA only. This activity is funded by an i...

touchIN CONVERSATION for touchONCOLOGY Identifying patients at risk of treatment attrition is an important part of treatment decision-making, as these patients may miss opportunities to receive subsequent treatments that could improve survival and quality of life. Listen to breast cancer experts consider the impact of treatment attrition in metastatic breast cancer and review evidence supporting t...

touchCASES for touchNEUROLOGY Hear from two European experts as they discuss how to strengthen diagnostic confidence in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP). Through three patient cases, they address how to recognize and differentiate CIDP variants from other polyneuropathies and consider how key diagnostic criteria can be applied to reinforce diagnostic c...