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A review found that including exercise, breathing techniques, and education components in pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) optimizes such programs.

Avazo-Healthcare warned by the FDA about its coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing kits; Pfizer, BioNTech get first COVID-19 vaccine approval; risk for Guillan-Barré syndrome from flu vaccine deemed insignificant.

Studies show giving preventive medication while taking away offending drugs is superior to continuing offending medication and adding preventive drugs in patients with medication overuse headache, said Rigmor Jensen, MD, professor of neurology at The University of Copenhagen and director of the Danish Headache Center.

Survival after breast cancer is on the rise, thereby emphasizing the importance of discussions that focus on fertility and reproduction among younger survivors.

Managed care pharmacists can influence several aspects of care in Parkinson disease, particularly through determining clinical pathways and educating patients and providers on novel agents coming to market.

Researchers assessed 3 risk factors for migraine in children and adolescents: stress, sleep poverty, and alimentation.

By analyzing retrospective consecutive case series, researchers identified 5 clinical and radiographic variables associated with increased risk of serious ocular injury in patients with orbital fracture to aid non-ophthalmologists in triaging these patients for urgent ophthalmologic evaluation.

In this episode of Managed Care Cast, Francesco Rubino, MD, discusses the potential bidirectional relationship between coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and diabetes.

The first blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer disease is now for sale; AstraZeneca will sell the rights to its cholesterol drug Crestor for $320 million; Black children are disproportionately affected by severe syndrome linked with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

COVID-19 created a striking rise in telehealth services over the past year, as seen in claims tracked by FAIR Health.

Through a collaborative effort by Catalyst for Payment Reform, the American Benefits Council, and Mercer, 4 key telemedicine considerations were issued for policymakers seeking to capitalize on the substantial growth in telemedicine and virtual care.

Incidence and prevalence rates of narcolepsy were assessed in a meta-review of 30 countries, with a trend of underreporting found in ethnic/race and gender minorities, childhood narcolepsy type 2, and among patients with comorbid conditions.

Certain antiretroviral therapy (ART) drugs can decrease contraception’s effectiveness, said Milena Murray, PharmD, MSc, BCIDP, AAHIVP, associate professor, Midwestern University College of Pharmacy.

Anthony Fauci, MD, warns of potential upticks in cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) after holiday travel; the United Kingdom is set to give the first approval to Pfizer, BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate; health officials from South Carolina to offer free HIV testing.

The 5-year risk of women dying or developing heart failure following a first severe heart attack is 20% higher compared with men, according to the findings in Circulation.

Penn Medicine researchers use mice experiments to find a potential solution to the challenge of delivering CAR T cell treatments to solid tumors in glioblastoma.

Updating guidelines requires having sufficient information on the elements that are your focus, noted Dan Ouellette, MD, MS, FCCP, senior staff physician and director of the Respiratory Ward at Henry Ford Hospital.

Large telemedicine diabetic retinopathy screening networks based in federally designated safety-net clinics may be able to increase screening access and compliance among otherwise underscreened populations.

Among children and adolescents suffering from migraine, results from a prospective study show being overweight is associated with a higher frequency of migraine attacks and separation anxiety symptoms.

Researchers have published their postmortem report on a case of spinal muscular atrophy type 3 complicated by superficial siderosis, offering details on their neuropathological and molecular findings.

It remains unclear whether measures of magnetic resonance imaging plaque characteristics are associated with cardiovascular disease events independent of plaque burden at the population level.

A study on patients who use inhalers found that interventions to improve inhaler techniques and drug adherence are needed.

Among older women with and without breast and ovarian cancers, testing for the BRCA gene dropped precipitously between 2008 and 2018.

If green light therapy were proven to be effective for migraine, it would be hugely important, said Frank Porreca, PhD, professor of pharmacology and anesthesiology at the University of Arizona and a member of the Department of Collaborative Research at Mayo Clinic in Arizona.

Low-frequency transcranial stimulation of the pre-supplementary motor area was found to delay the onset and reduce severity of levodopa-induced dyskinesia in patients with Parkinson disease.

Intermittent hypoxia sensitizes control centers in the brain, noted Krishna M. Sundar, MD, clinical professor, Pulmonary Division, Department of Medicine, and medical director, Sleep-Wake Center, University of Utah.

Among patients with glaucoma, diffuse rather than focal glaucomatous macular damage was associated with diminished facial recognition and contrast sensitivity, according to results of a cohort study published in JAMA Ophthalmology.

Intravenous (IV) iron reduced rehospitalization risk among patients hospitalized with acute heart failure (HF) and low iron, according to research presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2020.