Maggie is an editor for The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®) and produces written, video, and podcast content covering several disease states. She joined AJMC® in 2019, and has been with AJMC®’s parent company, MJH Life Sciences®, since 2014, when she started as a copy editor.
She has a BA in English from Penn State University. You can connect with Maggie on LinkedIn.
Quality of Care, Mortality Consistent Among MA, FFS Medicare Enrollees With Heart Failure
September 12th 2020Reports of Medicare Advantage (MA) patients receiving higher-quality care for their cardiovascular disease prompted this comparison study of patients with heart failure enrolled in Medicare fee-for-service plans (FFS) and MA plans.
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Possible Link Found Between Breast Cancer Mortality and Childhood Radiation Treatment
September 11th 2020Study results show that among premenopausal women, adulthood second primary breast cancer may carry with it a 2-fold greater risk of death if they had undergone radiation treatment for cancer as a child or young adult.
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Early-Onset Breast Cancer Possibly Linked to Preeclamptic Pregnancy, High Birth Weight
September 6th 2020With little research on the subject, the investigators sought out a connection between certain perinatal factors and risk of young-onset breast cancer in a sister-matched case-control study.
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How Were HIV Care Services in South Carolina Interrupted by the COVID-19 Pandemic?
September 1st 2020Results from a recent study in the state show how its HIV service care continuum was affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic (COVID-19), namely that more than a quarter of HIV clinics had to close completely.
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Is Chronic Traffic Noise Linked to Risk of Heart Attack, Heart Failure?
August 29th 2020Evidence shows a possible connection between chronic exposure to traffic noise and atherosclerosis progression, but not major cardiovascular events such as acute myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure, until now.
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Thirst Continues to Be Troublesome Among Patients With Heart Failure
August 25th 2020Results from a recent study examining thirst among patients with heart failure show that most had fluid retention and close to half were frequently thirsty, which is considered troublesome in these patients.
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Short-Term PrEP May Be Effective Alternative Method of HIV Prevention Among MSM
August 19th 2020Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with other men (MSM) during episodes of high-risk behavior could benefit from short-term use of preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to lessen their chances of contracting HIV, a new study reports.
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Study Shows Paclitaxel, Carboplatin Effective Against Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
August 18th 2020The Adjuvant Platinum and Taxane in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer trial investigated this combination adjuvant treatment vs the standard-of-care anthracycline plus docetaxel among patients with operable disease.
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Screening for Breast Cancer at Younger Ages Linked to Reduced Mortality
August 14th 2020Screening women aged 40 to 49 years for breast cancer reduced mortality by 25% in the first 10 years compared with waiting until at age 50 years and older, which is the common practice in the United Kingdom.
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Saliva May Be a Reliable Alternative to Blood for HIV Antibody Testing
August 13th 2020HIV-specific antibodies of 3 immunoglobulin isotypes are readily found in human saliva, providing a potential second reliable method of detecting the virus that may be used as a painless alternative to a blood draw.
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Is Heart Failure Care Affected by Socioeconomic Status? Danish Study Indicates Yes
August 12th 2020To reduce poor outcomes from heart failure care disparities, Danish researchers probed the link between individual socioeconomic factors and care quality for patients with reduced ejection fraction.
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Are There Benefits to Awake Breast Cancer Surgery During COVID-19?
August 11th 2020In Italy, a study looked at reallocating resources meant for patients with breast cancer to those stricken with coronavirus disease 2019, finding that the former could benefit from fast-track awake surgery to reduce risk of cross-infection.
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Hospital Readmissions for Heart Failure Linked to Higher Rates of 3-Year Mortality
August 10th 2020Being male and Black, having comorbidities, and admission to a nonteaching hospital were linked to greater chances of subsequent readmission for heart failure in a recent Journal of Clinical Hypertension study.
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Survival Consistent for Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancer Despite Surgery Delays
August 7th 2020Delays in surgery to treat early-stage breast cancer and receiving neoadjuvant endocrine therapy did not decrease survival odds among female patients, authors report in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
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HIV Education, Prevention Efforts See Lukewarm Results in Dhaka, Bangladesh
August 7th 2020A 3-year endeavor to scale up HIV prevention and education efforts among men who have sex with men in Dhaka, Bangladesh, showed only modest gains in the country where intercourse with a same-sex partner could mean a lifetime jail sentence.
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Immunosuppression to Blame for Oral Microbiota Change in Children With HIV
August 5th 2020Bacterial changes in the oral cavity from immunosuppression, not HIV itself, are more likely to blame for the greater incidence of oral caries in children 6 months to 6 years, reports a study from the Department of Oral Biology at the Rutgers University School of Dental Medicine.
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