Gianna Melillo

Researchers determined that migraineurs exhibit unique responses to tactile stimuli compared with controls, according to a study published in Cephalalgia.

According to recent study results published in JAMA, treatment-limiting Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLSTs) were significantly associated with lower rates of intensive care unit admissions among patients with life-limiting conditions compared with patients who had full-treatment POLSTs. However, researchers found 38% of patients with treatment-limiting POLSTs still received intensive care that was potentially discordant with their preferences.

A systematic review and meta-analysis of 10 studies to evaluate the efficacy and safety of pharmacological treatments for lymphangioleiomyomatosis yielded mixed results, according to the findings published in Respiratory Research.

Finely tuned eye movements are instrumental in enhancing visual acuity, according to findings of a study published in Nature Communications.

The use of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors leads to cardiovascular benefits in all patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), according to a study recently published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Through a series of live-cell single-molecule imaging experiments, researchers at the University of York discovered how rogue communications between cells lead to leukemia, according to a recent study published in Science.

A testosterone-related genetic variant (HSD3B2[1245C]) is linked to poor outcomes in advanced prostate cancer, according to a recent study published in JAMA Oncology.

Using whole genome sequencing, researchers were able to determine genetic heterogeneity in patients with optic nerve hypoplasia (ONH), according to a study published in PLoS One.

Those who suffer from migraines have a hyperexcitable visual cortex, according to a study published in Neuroimage: Clinical. This is the first reported evidence establishing a link between migraine experiences and abnormalities in the visual cortex.

While many Americans may associate firearm-related suicides with access to handguns, a report released this month documents the high prevalence of long gun (rifle and shotgun) use in youth and rural suicide rates.

Data collected between 1995 and 2014 show prevalence and incidence of diabetes are substantially higher in First Nations people in Canada compared to other people in Ontario, according to a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Patients younger than 50 years who have multiple sclerosis (MS) who receive a gastrostomy tube to enable home enteral feeding live longer than those older than 50 years, according to a study published in Multiple Sclerosis Journal- Experimental, Translational, Clinical.

Biomedical engineers at Duke University constructed an advanced disease model for blood vessels prompting insights into Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, according to a study published in Stem Cell Reports.

Avalere Health released an analysis outlining estimated savings that states electing to opt into the Health Adult Opportunity program need to generate in order to remain below capped funding levels mandated in the Trump administration’s new Medicaid initiative.

When effectively integrated into healthcare systems, well-vetted and scientifically backed healthcare quality measures can have significant impacts on patient health, stressed Shantanu Agrawal, MD, president and CEO of the National Quality Forum, at the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute’s Quality Breakfast on February 6.

Researchers determined that patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) present with significant Aqueduct of Sylvius enlargement over time, which may be attributable to regional atrophy changes and ex vacuo expansion of the aqueduct, according to a study recently published in Fluids and Barriers of the CNS.

Researchers discovered a link between circadian clock disturbances in pancreatic cells and type 2 diabetes (T2D), according a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Infectious disease experts at the University of Maryland School of Medicine recently warned there is an urgent need for the administration of influenza vaccines among detainees at the southern border.

A transcriptome-wide association study found 106 genes that may point to the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration, according to results recently published in Scientific Reports.

Electronic medical record data showed migraine is associated with a systematic increase in morbidity across the spectrum of the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10), according to a recently published study in The Journal of Headache and Pain.

Cancer cells present in skin lesions resulting from mycosis fungoides originate from the blood, disproving previously held hypotheses regarding the disease’s pathogenesis, according to a study published in the American Society of Hematology’s Blood.

For the first time since 2007, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) issued a report on maternal mortality, which they define as any death that occurs while a woman is pregnant or within 42 days following the termination of the pregnancy. NCHS also released reports on life expectancy and mortality for 2018.

CMS Administrator Seema Verma announced Medicaid structural reforms, rebranding what was previously known as block grant funding as the “Healthy Adult Opportunity.”

Researchers in Canada determined that a treat-and-extend regimen of administering ranibizumab to patients with neovascular age-related macular disease produced comparable results to a monthly dosing administration, according to a study published in JAMA Ophthalmology.

Body mass index (BMI) and low vitamin D are causal factors for multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a recent study published in Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation.

In a press conference, HHS secretary Alex Azar provided updates on the US government’s response to the 2019 novel coronavirus. He was joined by the director of the CDC, Robert Redfield, MD; the director of CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Nancy Messonnier, MD; and the director of the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Anthony Fauci, MD.

Ipsen, a French pharmaceutical company based in Paris, announced it has paused studies conducted on a drug used to treat Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressive (FOP).

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a lawsuit filed against 2 former chief executive officers of Turing Pharmaceuticals, now known as Vyera Pharmaceuticals: “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli, currently serving a 7-year sentence in federal prison for securities fraud, a crime that took place before the launch of Vyera, and his business partner Kevin Mulleady.

For the first time, scientists obtained high-definition images of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptors, enabling future research into treatments for type 2 diabetes, according to a study published in Nature Communications.

The US Surgeon General, Jerome M. Adams, MD, MPH, has released the first report since 1990 that focuses solely on smoking cessation in America. Smoking accounts for the deaths of half a million Americans each year and is the leading cause of preventable disease, disability, and death in the country.