Hayden is an assistant editor for The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®) and joined AJMC® in 2021, where she produces written and video content covering multiple disease states.
She has a BA in journalism & media studies from Rutgers University. You can connect with Hayden on LinkedIn.
GAO Report: Policies to Incentivize Vaccine Development and Investment
November 24th 2021The report briefly explained the policy options that policymakers can use to help address challenges related to vaccine research and development, testing, and manufacturing, as well as the economic challenges related to vaccine development for infectious diseases.
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Study Finds Link Between Ultrasounds, PROs in Patients With RA, Low Disease Activity
November 23rd 2021New research found that residual inflammation in ultrasound images was associated with patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with low disease activity, but not in patients in remission.
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Dr Robert Gabbay Discusses ADA's Efforts to Address Effect of Diabetes on Kidney Disease
November 21st 2021Robert A. Gabbay, MD, PhD, chief scientific and medical officer at the American Diabetes Association (ADA), describes the ADA's efforts to elevate the conversation about the impact of diabetes on kidney disease.
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Dr Funmi Olopade: Breast Cancer Screening Is Not One Size Fits All
November 20th 2021Funmi Olopade, MD, FACP, professor of medicine and human genetics and founding director of the Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics and Global Health at the University of Chicago Medical Center, explains how different populations are at different risk for breast cancer and the importance of informed screening.
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Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness May Predict Cough-Variant Asthma in Adults With Chronic Cough
November 19th 2021The study found that cough severity and cough-related quality of life were not related to the severity of bronchial hyperresponsiveness in nonsmoking adults with cough-variant asthma.
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Dr Robert Gabbay Outlines How the Health Equity Now Initiative Addresses Diabetes Care Disparities
November 16th 2021Robert A. Gabbay, MD, PhD, chief scientific and medical officer at the American Diabetes Association, explains the Health Equity Now initiative and how it shines a light on health disparities.
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Dr Ian Neeland Describes Sleep Therapies for Diabetic Vascular Complications
November 15th 2021Ian J. Neeland, MD, FACC, FAHA, is co-director of the Center for Integrated and Novel Approaches in Vascular-Metabolic Disease for University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute and director of the UH Center for Cardiovascular Prevention, in the Cleveland, Ohio, area. He summarized a talk he gave at the 2021 AHA Scientific Sessions, “Disrupted Sleep in Diabetic Vascular Complications."
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Dr Robert Gabbay: Diabetes Clinical Trials Should Be More Inclusive
November 11th 2021Robert A. Gabbay, MD, PhD, chief scientific and medical officer at the American Diabetes Association, explains why clinical trials need to be inclusive and how the Health Equity Now initiative is working to recruit more diverse populations with diabetes.
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Dr Robert Gabbay on COVID-19 Vaccinations in the Diabetes Community
November 10th 2021Robert A. Gabbay, MD, PhD, chief scientific and medical officer at the American Diabetes Association, discusses COVID-19 vaccinations among people with diabetes as they have been disproportionally affected by the pandemic.
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Dr Robert Gabbay Discusses SGLT2 Inhibitor Uptake Among Cardiologists, Nephrologists
October 29th 2021As time goes on, we're finding out more and more benefits of sodium glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, said Robert A. Gabbay, MD, PhD, the chief science and medical officer at the American Diabetes Association.
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Dr Robert Gabbay on New ADA and EASD Type 1 Diabetes Guidance
October 28th 2021Robert A. Gabbay, MD, PhD, the chief science and medical officer at the American Diabetes Association (ADA), discusses the most important takeaways from recent guidance on type 1 diabetes from the ADA and European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD).
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Dr Funmi Olopade on WISDOM During COVID-19: Reaching Participants We Thought We Couldn’t Reach
October 23rd 2021The WISDOM study—Women Informed to Screen Depending On Measures of risk—was launched to test a personalized approach to screening compared to annual mammograms. Funmi Olopade, MD, FACP, is a professor of Medicine and Human Genetics and founding director of the Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics and Global Health at the University of Chicago Medical Center, and a co-investigator of WISDOM. She discussed how the COVID-19 pandemic actually helped increase participation in the WISDOM study and what it means for future trials.
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Dr Funmi Olopade on WISDOM: When You Ask Women to Participate, They Sign Up
October 20th 2021The WISDOM study—Women Informed to Screen Depending On Measures of risk—was launched to test a personalized approach to screening compared to annual mammograms. Funmi Olopade, MD, FACP, is a professor of Medicine and Human Genetics and founding director of the Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics and Global Health at the University of Chicago Medical Center, and a co-investigator of WISDOM. She is an expert on understanding the etiology and genomic basis of cancer progression in diverse populations and has published extensively on both genetic and non-genetic risk factors for breast cancer. She discussed overcoming early challenges of low enrollment of Black women in the study.
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