Mary Caffrey

The method allows anti-obesity medication to reach fat tissue without causing side effects elsewhere in the body. So far, the method has been tested on mice.

The poll found most Americans remain unaware of federal parity laws on access to mental health care, 2 years into the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

The crisis in Flint appears to have undermined public confidence in government's ability to deliver safe services, but Americans still trust state officials more than the federal government.

The study highlights the complexity of prescribing medication for those with type 2 diabetes.

This sweeping proposal is the biggest step yet in shifting reimbursement from a volume-based to a value-based system. Stakeholders offered mixed opinions this week.

Unlike its closest rival, CVS Health, Express Scripts does not have a retail healthcare delivery infrastructure.

One leading expert called the proposal the most substantive change in decades, but some feared CMS is once again hastening the demise of the independent physician.

Two years after CDC heralded a drop in obesity rates among the youngest children, authors of a new study say it's too soon to declare victory.

The study team previously published research that linked diabetes to elevated rates of certain cancers.

The FDA issued a warning on the SGLT2 inhibitor class in May 2015, but the review by AACE and ACE found that several of the cases involved patients with type 1 disease.

The rule creates the first public reporting system of quality for Medicaid managed care plans.

Policy solutions were grouped around the themes of transparency, competition, and value. Healthcare heavyweights like Kaiser Permanente, AARP, and the American Hospital Association have signed on to the cause.

The state's first-in-the-nation waiver to Medicaid seemed endangered in late 2014, but Governor Asa Hutchinson decided keeping people insured was worth it.

The study showed the need to test children with type 1 disease for a lack of vitamin D.

Since the study period ended, new results show a long-term cardioprotective benefit for empagliflozin and liraglutide.

The American Hospital Association is among those asking for a rating system that reflects socioeconomic differences in hospital populations.

The health groups' letter comes after CSPI's February report, Carbonating the World, which spelled out global investment by Coca-Cola and PepsiCo.

The charges filed today are "only the beginning," according to Michigan's attorney general. Months of denial from state officials gave way when a pediatrician produced results showing elevated lead levels in children's blood.

Early reports to the state's largest newspaper resemble tales from the days of Medicaid transitions in other states. While managed care may be better for accountability measures over the long haul, in state after state, large-scale transitions prove difficult.

The results, published in Diabetes Care, move the hope of pancreatic cell islet transplants close to commercialization, which would bring the technique to more patients who cannot produce their own insulin.

From the focus on prevention to the possibilities of telehealth, the annual meeting presented by The American Journal of Managed Care and Joslin Diabetes Center showed where care is heading.

The authors say increased attention to gut and adipose hormones will reveal pathways to treat infertility.

The widespread switch from regular to electronic cigarettes among teens has alarmed public health officials, who say nicotine in any form can harm brain development.

The rise in employee cost-sharing for healthcare predates Obamacare but has taken off since the law passed in 2010. Higher deductibles have been accompanied by stagnant wages, ensuring that the higher payments are deeply felt.

The study, funded by Medtronic, follows an earlier study that compared pump users to those using daily injections to manage type 2 diabetes.

The effort to allow counselors to deny mental health services comes a week after Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant signed a law to let counselors escape similar liability and let physicians deny transgender patients access to gender reassignment care.

FDA classifies this as a Class I recall, which means using the device could result in adverse health effects or death.

Concern about overnight hypoglycemic events drives decision-making for patients with type 1 diabetes.

The expansion follows an early demonstration project that showed that what happens between visits is critical for patients with chronic conditions.

While payer coverage for obesity care has improved since the American Medical Association declared that obesity is a disease, there's still a long way to go. Physician training must improve to eliminate stigma that keeps patients from getting care they need, according to experts who appeared at Patient-Centered Diabetes Care.