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Family history with migraine affect male and female patients differently, according to a recent study.

A new review article highlights the remaining challenge to making a meaningful immunotherapy to combat acute myeloid lymphoma (AML).

Overall, however, the FDA has reported 12 cases of dyshidrotic eczema caused by secukinumab, the investigators noted.

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Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, patients, as well as their physicians, have been put at risk while seeking or providing other healthcare. While several barriers to care have inhibited telehealth in the past, recent actions by CMS, HHS, and other governing bodies have sought to expand its availability nationwide. NYU Langone Health's telehealth service Virtual Urgent Care connects members with clinicians via phone or tablet to provide care without potential coronavirus exposure.

President Donald Trump on Friday declared the novel coronavirus a national emergency, which unlocks billions of dollars in federal funding to fight the disease’s spread. He also announced the creation of a website to direct symptomatic individuals to drive-through testing locations.

A primary analysis of data from the GeparOcto trial showed no difference in pathologic complete response among patients with early-stage breast cancer enrolled in 2 neoadjuvant treatment arms: sequential intense dose-dense epirubicin, paclitaxel, and cyclophosphamide and weekly paclitaxel and nonpegylated liposomal doxorubicin.

This week, top managed care news included WHO declaring coronavirus a pandemic; CMS’ creation of an insulin savings plan for seniors; racial bias from professionals as a factor in low minority participation in clinical trials.

Two individuals died after recieveing stool transplants; a CDC report highlights a lack of action on binge drinking; Congress has approved a food aid measure for seniors.

Patients who undergo neoadjuvant chemotherapy tend to be younger, with larger tumors and greater nodal involvement. But differences in their 30- and 90-day mortality rates compared with those of patients treated adjuvantly are clinically insignificant.

Risk factors for suicidal ideation and behaviors in children aged 9 and 10, however, include psychological issues, conflict within the family, and increased use of computers on weekends, especially for boys.

Toddlers with reported diminished sleep duration and quality during infancy had a greater likelihood of emotional and behavioral problems, with associations proving strongest for internalizing and dysregulation symptoms, according to study findings.

The FDA granted a fast track designation to Jardiance (empagliflozin) for treatment of chronic kidney disease; a new review in the New England Journal of Medicine urges physicians to prepare for self-managed abortion complications; Alcoholics Anonymous is more effective than other common abstinence treatments.

Investigators tracked time to treatment for 3 types of cancer in states that expanded Medicaid coverage on January 1, 2014, comparing rates before and after the expansion. Patients with new diagnoses of invasive breast, colon, or lung cancers aged 40 to 64 years were included in the analysis.

Patients with cardiovascular disease are especially vulnerable to respiratory infections, although uncertainty remains on just what damage COVID-19 can cause in these patients. The flu season is also in full swing, with an estimated 440,000 individuals hospitalized so far in the United States alone, according to the CDC.

From funding innovative research to advocating for government action to providing a support structure for our community, no other organization does more to fight type 1 diabetes (T1D) than JDRF.

Patients with Parkinson disease were found to be more likely to experience vision and eye issues, such as blurry vision, dry eyes, trouble with depth perception, and problems adjusting to rapid changes in light, compared with people without the disorder, according to study findings.

In 11 patients with severe cases of COPD and hypercapnic respiratory failure, lung volume reduction coil treatment was associated with significant decreases in carbon dioxide levels and improvement in quality-of-life and respiratory function tests, according to study findings.

Today CMS announced the Part D Senior Savings Model, allowing Medicare Part D prescription drug plans to offer plan choices that provide a range of insulins to beneficiaries, at a maximum $35 copay per 30-day supply throughout the benefit year.

In children and adolescents with sickle cell disease, those who lacked ample vitamin D were hospitalized more often, had longer hospital stays, and made more frequent visits to the emergency department, according to study findings.

Racial and ethnic biases held by research and clinical professionals could contribute to low minority participation in oncology clinical trials, according to a study recently published in Cancer, a journal from the American Cancer Society.

Johnson & Johnson and Apple’s Heartline trial is serving as a model of success for virtual clinical trials; from 2012 to 2018, conscientious vaccine exemption rates rose in Texas schools; a 25% increase in emergency department visits in just 2 years from patient self-harm shows the importance of suicide prevention.

Researchers were able to use questionnaire responses to accurately determine natural clusters of chronic migraine phenotypes, according to a study published in Scientific Reports.

New federal regulations will allow patients to download their electronic health records (EHRs) and other healthcare data onto their smartphone; FDA's final report on the link between talc, asbestos in cosmetic products finds 43 negative, 9 positive results; 2 proposed bills aim to support mental health legislature in Minnesota schools.

Researchers aimed to describe the management and outcomes of calcific uremic arteriolopathy, or calciphylaxis, in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study published in BMC Nephrology.

Research has suggested patients with psoriasis are at a higher risk of hypertension, but a recent meta-analysis aimed to prove the case by looking at tens of thousands of cases.