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.
High Resilience Linked to High PrEP Use Among Canadian MSM
March 4th 2023The study also showed, despite an existing association between discrimination based on sexual orientation and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use, increased resilience reduced the effects of such discrimination on PrEP use.
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Limiting Teplizumab Coverage to First-Degree Relatives Is a Mistake, Says Dr Kevan Herold
March 3rd 2023Kevan Herold, MD, professor of immunobiology and medicine at Yale School of Medicine, talks about some insurers' requirement for patients to have a first-degree relative with type 1 diabetes to qualify for coverage of teplizumab.
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Dr Lee Greenberger on Using Social Media to Grow a Leukemia and Lymphoma Registry
February 25th 2023In this interview, Lee Greenberger, PhD, chief scientific officer of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, discusses key takeaways from using social media to grow a leukemia and lymphoma registry.
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Study Confirms Safety, Tolerability of Oral GABA for Type 1 Diabetes
February 23rd 2023A trial enrolling 97 children newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes did not meet the primary endpoint of preservation of insulin production by beta cells, but it did show a significant decrease in fasting and clinically relevant reduced serum glucagon.
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How Rising Insulin Costs Impacted Uninsured Populations
February 23rd 2023Researchers looked at trends in insulin usage and expenditure among insured and uninsured populations with diabetes, accounting for how the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act may have affected these trends.
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Glycemia Risk Index Measures Hypoglycemia, Hyperglycemia Risk in Patients With T1D
February 17th 2023The glycemia risk index (GRI) showed that pediatric patients and those receiving continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion had higher overall component of hypoglycemia than adults and those receiving multiple doses of insulin.
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Dr Daniel Weiner: We Need to Better Prioritize Early Detection, Preventive Care for DKD
February 16th 2023While there are a number of treatments available for diabetic kidney disease (DKD), the biggest limitation is the lack of early detection, said Daniel E. Weiner, MD, MS, board certified nephrologist and lead navigator at Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute.
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Nearly Identical Rates of Overweight, Obesity Between Adults With T1D, General Population
February 14th 2023Data showed that 64% of adults without any type of diabetes had overweight or obesity, compared with 62% of adults with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and 86% with type 2 diabetes between 2016 and 2021.
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Dr Mary Cushman: Has an "Awakening of Consciousness" Improved Certain Treatment Disparities?
February 11th 2023Mary Cushman, MD, professor of medicine at the University of Vermont, and director of the thrombosis and hemostasis program at the University of Vermont Medical Center, talks about racial disparities in pulmonary embolism treatment.
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Family-Centered Interventions Improve Health Outcomes in Children, Adolescents With T1D
February 11th 2023Interventions in 9 studies were linked with varying effects on glycated hemoglobin, type 1 diabetes (T1D) management adherence, self-management behaviors, and parent-child teamwork in T1D management.
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