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Hypertensive disorders account for approximately 25% of excess cases of maternal stroke associated with migraine, according to research published in JAMA Neurology.

A report by Innovaccer, titled “COVID-19: What It Means to American Healthcare: Trends, Impacts, Predictions, and the Road Ahead,” details implications of the pandemic for the US health care system, with additional recommendations on how to optimize emerging services such as telehealth.

Patients hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who have diabetes account for more than 20% of individuals admitted to intensive care units, according to new guidance published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Visits to your doctor’s office will be changed, with the reopening of much of the country; there could be a 30% jump in overall cancer care costs by 2030; current efforts to track the ongoing spread of coronavirus disease 2019 may be improved.

The funding comes from the bipartisan CARES Act and the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, which allocated $175 billion in relief funds to hospitals and health care systems.

Evidence from 2 randomized clinical trials suggests that long-term intraocular pressure variability does not add substantial explanatory power to a prediction model determining which individuals with untreated ocular hypertension will develop primary open-angle glaucoma, according to a study published in JAMA Ophthalmology.

Close to 6 million Americans live with heart failure, and each of their hospitalizations for the condition carries an average cost of $11,500, or $11 billion in total costs each year.

The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists (ADCES) released a consensus report outlining strategies health care stakeholders can follow to increase access to and utilization of diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES).

Low levels of sleep disturbance were associated with reduced likelihood of later pain after physical activity in a US population cohort aged 50 and older, according to study findings.

A new study found that anticontagion policies implemented worldwide prevented hundreds of millions of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections; reports of child abuse have fallen by more than 50% in New York City as a result of the pandemic; Texas reopens its economy and sees a spike in infections.

Patients with cluster headache are at an increased risk of anxiety and depression, especially in the presence of coexisting migraine, according to a study published in The Journal of Headache and Pain.

Previous studies show that up to 75% of women with breast cancer exhibit disease- and treatment-related affects that include poorer cognitive function in the forms of psychological well-being, decision making, and adherence to treatment.

Researchers discovered retinal data can predict which individuals have cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers of Alzheimer disease pathology before cognitive decline is detectable, according to a study published in PLOS One.

Food banks are struggling to meet demand after 20 million Americans became unemployed as a result of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic; the World Health Organization (WHO) issued an updated guidance on wearing masks in public; New York City today takes the first steps in reopening after 3 months of lockdown.

The formulary covers over 22 million US lives.

Patients with multiple myeloma (MM) face higher risks of certain metabolic syndromes, but new research suggests those risks exist even in patients with smoldering MM.

American Medical Group Association (AMGA) is asking CMS to permanently extend the telehealth flexibilities it instituted as a result of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

The incidence of rare cancers is higher in the United States than in Europe, but so is the survival rate, according to a study published in Cancer Medicine.

The NKF, which works to address health issues for 37 million people in the United States with kidney disease, said Floyd’s death and the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic both highlight disparities in health outcomes between minority groups and whites.

There could be a 46% spike in the incidence of heart failure in the United States by 2030, bringing the total to more than 8 million adults living with the condition and an approximate $69.6 billion hit to the economy.

Accurate risk assessment is a highly technical process for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). A new tool could help make such assessments available even when patients can’t get to a specialty care center.

A new study finds a significant proportion of patients with multiple myeloma (MM) who receive lenalidomide maintenance will see their disease response deepen and many will achieve minimal residual disease negativity.

Relying on one type of study often doesn’t paint the full picture of drug safety, efficacy, and economic and therapeutic benefits across the short and long term, the authors of the study wrote.

Patients who have no history of kidney damage are ending up with acute kidney injury, which could leave them at higher risk of chronic kidney disease and dialysis.

Peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) has been a challenging nemesis for scientists, in large part because it is a widely heterogeneous disease. However, new research into biomarkers for the cancer may lead to better therapies soon.

Features typically linked to immunotherapy response or resistance in other types of cancer don’t work the same way in advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma when treated with programmed death 1 inhibitors.

The study looked at patients taking ixekizumab or adalimumab.

Of the 1.8 million youth living with HIV around the world, the United States is home to 2000, and many were infected perinatally.