The Importance of Examining and Preventing Atrial Fibrillation
August 29th 2023At this year’s American Society for Preventive Cardiology Congress on CVD Prevention, Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScM, delivered the Honorary Fellow Award Lecture, “The Imperative to Focus on the Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation,” as the recipient of this year’s Honorary Fellow of the American Society for Preventive Cardiology award.
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Dr Joseph Mikhael on Strategies to Increase Diversity in Multiple Myeloma Trials
August 28th 2023Joseph Mikhael, MD, MEd, FRCPC, FACP, chief medical officer of the International Myeloma Foundation, highlights several potential strategies to address the historic lack of diversity in multiple myeloma clinical trial populations.
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Neighborhood Opportunities Linked to Child Well-Being in Primary Care
August 24th 2023Results reveal living in neighborhoods with very high Childhood Opportunity Index (COI) scores is linked with elevated odds of being up to date on preventive visits and immunizations when compared with those living in neighborhoods with very low COI scores.
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Patients and physicians are publicly shaming insurance companies on social media for the troublesome prior authorization process; HHS has awarded $1.4 billion in grants for the creation of new technologies and tools to prevent COVID-19 infection; Novo Nordisk has increased lobbying efforts to allow Medicare coverage of weight loss drugs.
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Disparities in SDOH Highlight Need for Social Intervention in the HF Space
August 22nd 2023Data from the 1999-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were used to analyze the prevalence of social determinants of health (SDOH) among patients with self-reported heart failure (HF).
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Quality vs Convenience: Rural Cancer Patients Weigh Options for Surgical Care
August 17th 2023“Our study suggests that narrowly focusing on hospital volumes and tying that to insurance reimbursement might mask complexities and trade-offs in achieving the goal of optimizing patient outcomes and experiences,” lead co-author Lindsay Sabik, PhD, says.
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Race Not Independently Associated With Biologic Access for Psoriasis in the United States
August 16th 2023No significant differences regarding racial backgrounds were found when measuring access to biologics among adult patients with psoriasis living in the United States, according to one study.
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Novo Nordisk continues to limit starter doses of popular weight-loss drug Wegovy in the US; veterans and survivors received an error message when submitting PACT Act claims shortly before the deadline; insurance companies are failing to inform patients of their eligibility for free preventative services.
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