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Adjunct nutritional therapies may be a simple way to improve the prognosis for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) or chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension who are hospitalized.

A recently launched campaign by Jazz Pharmaceuticals and the Hypersomnia Foundation spotlights a lack of knowledge on idiopathic hypersomnia, as well as how care teams can optimally screen for symptoms and care for patients with the debilitating sleep disorder.

The Centre for Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Research Zimbabwe conducts evidence-based research related to HIV and AIDS, as well as provides and implements sexual and reproductive health education and interventions among sex workers, children, and adolescents, and in the area of masculinity.

The Biden administration appoints a new coordinator for its global coronavirus response; more infectious COVID-19 variant first identified in United Kingdom now in all 50 states; spotlighting the impact of COVID-19 on the heart of an athlete.

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were found to be more likely to take medications for depression or anxiety than for other common comorbidities associated with the disease, investigators concluded.

Registry of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) treated with selexipag provides insights into real-world dosing regimens and outcomes.

Lalan Wilfong, MD, executive vice president, Value Based Care & Quality Programs, Texas Oncology, and co-chair, Payment Reform, Community Oncology Alliance, discusses implications of quality metrics in cancer care and what perspectives on the topic he is looking forward to hearing at the 2021 Community Oncology Conference.

Researchers analyzed the impacts of different nutritional education programs among patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

Results of a retrospective cohort study show that utilization of erenumab was associated with a decreased use of acute and preventive prescription migraine medications. Although adherence to erenumab was higher than other traditional oral prophylactic migraine therapies, adherence rates can be improved.

Kathryn Gold, MD, medical oncologist and associate professor of medicine at UC San Diego, who is a member of the NCCN guidelines panel for small-cell lung cancer, gives insight into the guidelines and the importance of frequent updates.

With musculoskeletal care representing one of the leading cost drivers in health care spending for self-insured employers and health plans, a transition to preventive care characterized by both digital and in-person care solutions can lead to improved patient outcomes and cost savings.

The combination of lenalidomide with steroid dexamethasone is standard of care in multiple myeloma (MM), but new research shows older patients can be spared the steroids.

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

Potential biomarkers include tumor mutational burden, microsatellite instability, and circulating tumor DNA.

Behçet disease (BD), a rare systemic inflammatory disease, is associated with multiple sclerosis (MS) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

According to authors, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) should be used when incomplete signs of the rare complication are presented to help guide the skin biopsy.

Reversible Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors may play a key role in treatment when it comes to addressing resistance stemming mutations in the active site (Cys481) that emerge from treatment with irreversible BTK inhibitors.

Researchers found a small, yet statistically significant association between sleep disruption and depressive symptoms in children and adolescents.

Dinesh Kapur, MD, chair, OneCouncil, and managing partner, Eastern Connecticut Hematology and Oncology (ECHO), speaks on efforts made by by community oncology practices to improve minority representation in oncology clinical trials and implications of the COVID-19 pandemic ahead of the 2021 Community Oncology Conference.

Physicians should evaluate female patients complaining of chronic cough for psychological conditions when determining course of treatment as the two may be related, investigators concluded.

Classical mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) and 2 aggressive variants exhibited similar rates of negativity for the CD5 marker, but further testing may be needed in certain cases to avoid misdiagnosis with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).

In patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD), the presence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) indicates an increased risk of cancer.

Study findings indicate that droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) may be more accurate than real-time quantitative PCR in measuring minimal residual disease (MRD) among pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), particularly in late follow-up time points.

Anemia, which occurs in over 50% of patients with end-stage kidney disease, should not be considered an obstacle to home dialysis, according to a new report.

Russell Langan, MD, chief of Surgical Oncology and Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery at Saint Barnabas Medical Center, details the implementation of the center's Pancreatic Cyst Surveillance Program.

A quality assessment program conducted in the Republic of Korea may be effective in improving disease management and prognosis for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but the effects may be temporary.

According to a recent review, data suggest mast cells have an important role in tissue homeostasis and wound healing, with mass cell dysregulation potentially leading to fibrotic disease.

As more therapies continue to be approved, efforts will focus on toxicity prevention and mitigation strategies for associated unique and potentially life-threatening adverse reactions.