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Research findings suggest that sleep disturbances are associated with central parkinsonian pain in patients with Parkinson disease. Both sleep disturbances and pain are common disabling nonmotor symptoms of the disease.

Medicare Advantage (MA) plans have overbilled the government by nearly $30 billion the past 3 years alone, and CMS said it is moving forward with plans to attempt to get back $1 billion; the Biden Cancer Initiative is suspending operations while its founder, former Vice President Joe Biden, runs for president; CMS said Medicare will cover acupuncture for some patients with chronic low back pain.

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Patients with obesity not only have a higher risk of pediatric multiple sclerosis (MS), but they also do not respond as well to first-line medications.

The new index would measure more than 60 variables, including the built environment, education and community context, and even the weather and crime.

Researchers from the United Kingdom found that the C-reactive protein (CRP) finger-prick blood test resulted in significantly fewer people using antibiotics for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) flare-ups without negatively affecting patient health.

The HPX3002/HVTN, or Mosaico, trial will determine if the vaccine regimen can induce immune responses against various global HIV strains among 3800 men who have sex with men and transgender people aged between 18 and 60 years.

The combination of nivolumab (Opdivo) and ipilimumab (Yervoy) demonstrated significant clinical benefit in patients with solid pediatric tumors that progressed in adulthood, a patient population with few treatment options, according to study findings presented at the 2019 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois.

In the event that the Affordable Care Act is overturned, Republic senators are working on a plan to preserve protections for people with pre-existing conditions and allow children to stay on their parents’ health plan until age 26; urinary tract infections (UTI) are increasingly becoming resistant to antibiotics; a study is highlighting how lifestyle choices can impact dementia risk.

Using blood eosinophils as a proxy for tissue eosinophils has become a biomarker for the risk of exacerbation, as well as for response to inhaled corticosteroids, in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and blood eosinophils are currently considered a treatable trait for managing COPD.

Although smoking cigarettes is thought of as being the most prevalent—yet preventable—cancer risk, new data suggests people who are obese now outnumber people who smoke, with excess weight causing more cases of certain cancers than smoking in the United Kingdom.

A new study suggests lipid profiles could help improve multiple sclerosis (MS) fatigue.

With the FDA approval of a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) expanding the use of avatrombopag (Doptelet) for patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), Dova Pharmaceuticals said recently it will begin marketing the drug for the new indication in the middle of July.

Migraine affects many individuals worldwide, yet many patients remain undiagnosed or undertreated, highlighting a widespread, unmet need that calls for new drugs and pathways for migraine treatment.

Doctors writing for the American Academy of Pediatrics say 80% of the cases of a rare condition, paradoxical vocal fold motion, are confused with asthma.

Patients with psoriasis frequently use complementary and alternative medicines to treat their symptoms.

New international research probed different forms of proteins found in the brain to try and determine which one may be the most promising for future therapeutic interventions for Parkinson disease (PD).

A new blood test being developed in the United Kingdom has been shown to not only identify those infected with human tuberculosis (TB) but also identify those most at risk of developing it.

As the fate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) remains uncertain, 21 million people are at risk of losing their health insurance. In addition to large coverage gains as a result of the ACA, the law resulted in various other sweeping changes to the US healthcare system. Here are 5 things that would be impacted if the ACA is overturned.

Two reports from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) in HHS have identified deficiencies in the quality of care at hospices and the harm done to beneficiaries as a result of poor care or cases of abuse.

Using telemedicine for migraine treatment could improve physician productivity as well as patient access, according to an abstract presented at the 2019 American Headache Society Annual Meeting.

A poster abstract evaluated real-world treatment patterns by region and age to better understand these issues in order to address them.

An exercise-focused intervention may be effective for improving mental health, work ability, and productivity outcomes while reducing metabolic syndrome severity for individuals at a high risk for cardiovascular and metabolic disease, according to researchers.

Data from a phase 3 trial are supporting the use of tezacaftor in combination with ivacaftor for the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF) in children aged 6 to 11 years, finding that the treatment combination was generally safe and well tolerated.

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The Federal Communications Commission has proposed the 3-year, $100 million program to bring telehealth to low-income patients, veterans, and areas lacking access to adequate healthcare; use of opioids in Medicare Part D declined in 2018 as use of medication-assisted treatment increased; a House committee held a hearing on identifying, preventing, and treating childhood trauma as a public health issue.

This week, the top managed care news included uncertainty surrounding the fate of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate; a study finding Medicare beneficiaries may be paying more for some generics than brand-name drugs; the Trump administration proposing 5 new payment models to transform kidney disease care.

Study findings indicate that air pollution speeds up aging of the lungs and increases the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).