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Progress in health around the globe has stagnated in some countries and gotten worse in others as the world faced increases in conflict and terrorism, epidemics, and noncommunicable diseases, according to global disease estimates published in The Lancet.

Seeking to determine how FN is managed in most referral hospitals in Iran, researchers studied patients hospitalized during a 6-month period, also taking into account characteristics of FN patients and the risk factors associated with FN development.

This week, the top managed care stories included Medicaid expansion wins at the ballot box; new melanoma guidelines that promote recommended treatments and discuss genetic testing; research found high blood pressure in young adults predicts future cardiovascular events.

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has many identifiable risk factors and inflammatory biomarkers that are linked to osteoporosis, according to the results of a recent review.

In addition to voting for representatives whom people thought would align with their healthcare views, voters in multiple states were faced with ballot measures related to healthcare on November 6. Here are 5 healthcare ballot measures and how they fared in the 2018 midterm elections.

Treatments with therapeutic phlebotomy and hydroxyurea are associated with improved overall survival and decreased risk of thrombosis in older patients with polycythemia vera, according to a recent retrospective cohort study published in Blood Advances.

The FDA is planning on imposing severe restrictions on the sale of e-cigarette products as soon as next week; marijuana was a hit with voters in the midterm election; HHS is recommending a ban on the chemicals in kratom that would make the herb as illegal as heroin or LSD.

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Modifiable factors, including lower caloric intake, greater physical activity, and smoking cessation, have been associated with recovery from metabolic syndrome, according to the results recently published following a multiethnic study.

What does it take to achieve member-centric, value-based care in population health? At a conference in New Jersey on Thursday, speakers talked about using partnerships and data to solve challenges, especially ones made worse by poor social determinants of health.

Citing the low level of reporting and subsequent drop of 8462 individuals from coverage, the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) said that the current process is likely not structured in a way that provides enrollees an opportunity to succeed under the requirements and, as a result, is calling for a pause in disenrollments in order to make proper adjustments to the program.

The announcement is an about-face from earlier efforts that scrapped a cardiac care bundled payment program originally developed during the Obama administration.

Individuals who suffer from knee pain also may suffer from neuropathic-like knee pain (NKP)—a result of localized damage to the nervous system and nerve fibers around a joint. Recent research aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors of NKP, finding that NKP is driven by central risk factors and may require unique prevention and treatment strategies.

The Trump administration will allow religious groups, nonprofits, small businesses, and some other employers to opt out of providing birth control coverage for their employees; an analysis of over 50 million family trees finds that genes have little impact on life span; and women who wake up early have a lower risk of developing breast cancer.

A randomized clinical trial in obese or overweight pregnant women evaluating the use of a modified diet regimen shows a beneficial effect of a modified Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet on gestation weight gain compared with usual care.

According to a review published in Cancer Management and Research, biosimilar products present a viable cost-saving tool for providers participating in value-based care programs such as the Medicare Shared Savings Program or the Oncology Care Model.

With healthcare in the spotlight after this week's midterm elections, there are a number of things elected officials can do to encourage hospital safety, said the head of the Leapfrog Group as it released its fall 2018 rankings of Hospital Safety Grades.

Despite impending changes in Washington, DC, as the Democrats are set to take over the House of Representatives in 2019, the divided federal government could lead to a spell of predictability for some healthcare sectors as most action shifts to the state level.

Researchers at Cornell University have developed a new tool to study genetic switches active in human glioblastoma tumors that drive the growth of the cancer.

Today, the FDA approved elotuzumab (Empliciti), an injection for intravenous use in combination with pomalidomide and dexamethasone (EPd) for the treatment of adult patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least 2 prior therapies.

The study examined several social factors that can affect health outcomes when patients are hospitalized for cardiovascular events.

Inhaled corticosteroids, used for preventing acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), often lead to increased high blood eosinophil count, while low blood eosinophil count is often associated with pneumonia risk—however, the prognostic role of blood eosinophil count has not yet been explored. In a recent study, researchers found that the severity of emphysema was independently linked with low blood eosinophil count and the longer survival period was associated with increased blood eosinophil count.

The use of CTLA-4, PD-1, or a combination approach achieved high response rates and improved overall survival in patients with CDKN2A mutations with metastatic melanoma, based on the results of a study by Helgadottir et al.

The Commonwealth Fund, together with The New York Times and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, has published a new paper on the experiences of Americans with serious illnesses. The found that the healthcare system adds to patients’ burden of illness, and paying for care can be financially challenging or even ruinous for millions of patients.

Healthcare was a key factor in the 2018 midterm elections and gave Democrats the ability to stop the Trump administration’s efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act and make some other changes to Medicare and Medicaid, but did not produce enough of a victory to advance major changes; voters in 2 states rejected 2 separate union-backed ballot measures that would have affected dialysis clinics and hospitals; in California, Governor-elect Gavin Newsom campaigned on a platform of single-payer health insurance overhaul, but now that he’s won, he and the Democratic-controlled legislature will take a slower approach.

Daratumumab, a human CD38-directed monoclonal antibody, has been confirmed as safe in a population of heavily pretreated patients with multiple myeloma who received access to the treatment before the medication was commercially available, according to an early access treatment protocol study published in Cancer.

Children and adolescents with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) face an increased risk of obesity and growth impairment from the disease and during ALL treatment, regardless of exposure to cranial irradiation, according to a recent study.

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) is using artificial intelligence (AI) to process screening mammographies after a retrospective study found that AI can measure breast density—a risk factor for having tumors that could be missed during a scan—at the screening level of an experienced radiographer.