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While minimal residual disease (MRD) is being used to assess response to treatment in multiple myeloma (MM), the level of risk a patient has can make a big different in how well MRD works as a prognostic indicator, according to 2 abstracts presented at the 2019 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting.

American voters have made it clear that healthcare is a top priority in the upcoming election, and the topic also emerged as a top priority during the 2 nights of the Democratic debates.

A new study said there are greater risks of several adverse pregnancy outcomes for women with migraines than those without, including elevated blood pressure, miscarriage, caesareans, preterm births, and infants with low birth weight.

The EMPEROR trials could lead to new indications for the SGLT2 inhibitor for patients with and without diabetes.

This week, the top managed care news included President Trump issuing an executive order for more healthcare transparency; provisional data indicating that overdose deaths may be falling; the Supreme Court agreeing to hear insurers' Affordable Care Act lawsuit.

Although health equity has been a stated public health goal, new research shows that there has been a lack of progress on health equity in the last 25 years in the United States, indicating that the country must either work harder to promote health equity or must find out which policies would produce greater improvements in health equity.

Regardless of their level of disabilty, patients with multiple sclerosis face a substantial financial burden.

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A Senate Committee has voted to require drug companies to justify steep drug price hikes to the federal government; Pfizer has added former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, to its board of directors; the FDA warned consumers of potential cybersecurity risks associated with certain mini Medtronic insulin pumps.

Patterns of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) prevalence by geographical location were found to be similar among current, former, and never smokers, indicating factors other than smoking status, such as secondhand smoke exposure, may influence the risk of developing the progressive lung disease.

Researchers at the University of Washington created a tool, which could potentially be developed into an application for smart speakers and smartphones, that uses algorithms and machine learning to identify instances of agonal breathing, a sign of cardiac arrest, with an accuracy of 97% at distances of up to 6 meters away.

Two studies, including one that examined patient data from a well-known diabetes trial, confirmed the value of 2 cardiovascular biomarkers in predicting mortality in peripheral artery disease.

The FDA approved a fourth indication for Alexion Pharmaceuticals’ brand-name eculizumab (Soliris) for the treatment of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) in adult patients who are anti-aquaporin-4 (AQP4) antibody positive.

A report released Thursday from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine said the United States needs a US National Cancer Control Plan that uses a system approach to reshape cancer control efforts, targeting everything from prevention, machine learning, palliative care, assessing value, rooting out financial conflicts of interest, and more.

According to a new study, the speed at which older patients with blood cancers are able to walk nearly 13 feet (about 4 meters) contains important information about their overall health and may be able to help predict survival and unplanned hospital visits.

A US vaccine panel recommended the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for both men and women up to age 26; San Francisco has become the first city to ban e-cigarettes; the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is using artificial intelligence (AI) to predict which veterans are more likely to die by suicide in the next year.

Giving infants proton pump inhibitors alone and together with histamine H2-receptor agonists is associated with an increased risk of childhood fracture.

The FDA has approved dupilumab (Dupixent) for the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.

OBR hosted a webinar that featured a discussion about how oncology practices can leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to improve cancer care.

While the final figure is still being determined, the provisional data predict a total of 69,096 drug overdose deaths for a 12-month period ending November 2018, compared with the predicted 72,287 for the 12-month period ending November 2017.

Leaders of the Senate Finance Committee have discussed a deal to limit drug prices in Medicare; Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards will annouce a "Netflix model" deal with Aseuga Therapeutics that will increase access to an effective Hepatitis C drug, AbbVie has annouced a $63 billion transaction agreement to acquire Allergan.

The 70% ratio of forced expiratory volume in 1 second to forced vital capacity proved as or more accurate than other thresholds for predicting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)–related hospitalizations and deaths.

"Cocktail therapy," or drug combination treament, may improve quality of life and the conditions of patients with Parkinson disease dementia.

As states continue to consider Medicaid expansion and introduce their own work requirements, we've created a Medicaid expansion monitor.

According to the researchers, these rates are nearly double that seen in the general population, which suggests the presence of unmet needs among the survivorship community.

The US Supreme Court will decide a case involving 2 insurance companies that claimed they were shorted $12 billion by the federal government for "risk corridor" payments related to the ACA; Missouri's last abortion clinic will stay open until at least Friday after a state circuit court judge extended a preliminary injunction he previously issued; City of Hope will invest $1 billion in a new cancer research center and hospital in Irvine, California.

According to the researchers, these cells are more susceptible to HIV infection, support the highest levels of infection, and are the more likely to transfer HIV to CD4 T cells following infection.

Authors say more work is needed to understand the mechanisms behind their findings.