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EPA's new draft of their science transparency rule expands limitations on the use of science for agency rulemaking; cannabis-based medicine approved by National Health Service in England and Wales; medical care for mental health is expanding among adolescents.

As healthcare companies, tech firms, and startups seek to use digital tools to help individuals manage their health, patients have growing concerns about how their data are used. During a panel discussion during the opening day of the FT Global Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Conference 2019, held this week in London, United Kingdom, executives from across the pharmaceutical and digital health spaces discussed the critical importance of building relationships with patients as a means to not only reap high-quality data, but also improve patients’ outcomes and save healthcare systems money.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is often an inherited condition and patients may not show symptoms, or those symptoms may be vague, such as fatigue or shortness of breath. The condition can cause varied levels of risk and can result in sudden cardiac death.

Kaiser Permanente chairman and chief executive officer Bernard J. Tyson dies at 60; vitamin E acetate is linked as a potential cause of vaping-related lung injuries; Medicare’s outpatient premium cost is rising.

The report emphasizes the need for maximizing the implementation and improving treatment and prevention tools to fight HIV because adherence challenges remain.

The age of psoriasis onset determines whether arthritis or psoriasis starts first in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA).

Perhaps not surprisingly, younger children had higher levels of parental support overall; the study also found that mothers provided more support than fathers.

An interim analysis of migraine drug erenumab showed that it continued to be safe and well-tolerated, with an adverse event profile consistent with those found in shorter-term placebo-controlled studies.

A recent study sought to identify an mRNA biomarker that predicts chemosensitivity across multiple solid tumor subtypes, given the significant heterogeneity in response among patients to chemotherapies.

Socially deprived patients were younger, more frequently women, active smokers, living alone, and belonged to lower socioprofessional categories when compared with the non-socially deprived group, but they still benefitted from home-based pulmonary rehabilitation.

Patients with diabetes who participated in a program of group medical visits (GMVs) and intensive weight management showed improvements in glycemic control, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The use of fluticasone-containing inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) was linked to increased risk of pneumonia in patients with COPD, according to study findings.

First Stop Health’s inaugural 2019 Health Benefits Cost Containment Report found that reining in benefits spending is a top priority for employers, but many lack the data necessary to make effective changes, according to results of a survey of human resources professionals.

HHS takes action against Gilead; a report on fears of seasonal workers in Montana; the latest CDC data on preventable deaths show differences between urban and rural areas.

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CDC recommends that young men who have sex with men have an HIV test every 6 months.

This week, the top managed care news included CMS started planning for life after the Oncology Care Model; a judge blocked a rule requiring immigrants to have health coverage; Election Day brought news for Medicaid work rules.

States can reduce Medicaid spending if the beneficiaries are also veterans, explains a veteran who started outreach in Washington state, which has since saved over $100 million since 2002.

Researchers have identified complement genes that appear to play a role in vision loss associated with multiple sclerosis (MS), and this finding could help researchers monitor and predict the progression and severity of MS, according to a study published in Brain.

President Trump's conscience provision for medical providers was rejected by a New York federal Judge; a judge ordered the United States to administer mental healthcare to separated migrant families; a federal ban on flavored vaping products is near.

Approximately 4% of the total world population is affected by a rare disease at any given time, according to new research on 3585 rare diseases.

Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, a precancerous blood condition that rarely progresses to myeloma, can be predicted by a pattern of frequent hospital visits, and finding it earlier could present an opportunity to begin myeloma treatment earlier, thus improving outcomes.

School-based interventions for health issues pertinent to adolescents have been linked with beneficial outcomes, and a study published this week showed potential long-term benefits of a school-based sleep education program.

The rate of decrease in deaths from heart disease (HD) slowed between 2011 and 2014 versus 2000 and 2011, while the population above 65 years jumped 22.9% and there was a concurrent 38% rise in deaths from HD among this patient population.

Medicaid work requirements were front and center in the outcomes of Kentucky governor's race as well as the statehouse in Virginia; the Trump administration called the drug plan from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, "unworkable;" UnitedHealthcare is switching patients to biosimilar epoetin alfa in 2020;

A clofazimine-containing regimen was found to be well tolerated and potentially effective in patients with rapidly growing mycobacteria infection, especially nonpulmonary and non–Mycobacterium abscessus complex infections, according to retrospective cohort study findings.

The rapid advance of technology has ushered in new paradigms when it comes to healthcare, particularly for patients managing chronic conditions. Rather than traveling to a doctor’s office or healthcare facility, patients now have the ability to use digital tools at home to improve their care or connect with their providers.

Oncology care groups have praised the multipayer Oncology Care Model (OCM) for transforming cancer care through greater focus on care navigation, palliative care, survivorship, and keeping patients out of the emergency department. But there are complaints that practices can be penalized for elements beyond their control—notably, the soaring cost of state-of-the-art immunotherapies that were not on the market when the OCM was conceived.