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A small retrospective study examined outcomes in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) who did respond to solo therapies.

A recent study found chronic kidney disease (CKD) to be an independent risk factor for incident heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Patricia Deverka, MD, MS, senior researcher, deputy director at the Center for Translational and Policy Research and Precision Medicine, University of California San Francisco, explains what multicancer early detection tests currently exist and the research needed to understand their clinical utility.

The opening plenary of the Spring 2022 National Association of Accountable Care Organizations conference focused on addressing health equity and improving synergy between CMS and ACOs.

Gillian Woollett, MA, Dphil, vice president and head of regulatory strategy and policy at Samsung Bioepis, gives insight into what international markets the United States could look to as examples of good biosimilar adoption.

Researchers in Pennsylvania conducted a randomized controlled trial to understand the effect of patient outreach on lung cancer screening rates.

Patients with Parkinson disease (PD) were asked their opinions about which medical services they preferred to use via telehealth and which might be better suited to in-person care.

Jason Myers, PhD, CEO of the New Zealand AIDS Foundation, addresses how New Zealand promptly adjusted its delivery of services for people living with HIV and AIDS in New Zealand, with examples including HIV self-test kits, online counseling, and provision of mental health care assistance.

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The FDA proposed product standards prohibiting menthol flavor in cigarettes and all flavoring in cigars as part of the Cancer Moonshot initiative.

Use of dupilumab was associated with significant improvement in clinical symptoms of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) with nasal polyps among real-world patients in Canada, with benefits shown to be similar to that observed in randomized clinical trials.

Geoffrey Boyce, CEO of Array Behavioral Care, explains how Array is responding to the increasing demand and utilization of mental health and behavioral services.

Avalere is presenting at Asembia’s 2022 Specialty Pharmacy Summit, and Ryan Urgo, MPAP, managing director, health policy, discusses possible drug pricing policy options on the table for the Biden administration to consider in a midterm election year.

Marc-Andre Cornier, MD, professor and director of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases at the Medical University of South Carolina, explains how the mechanisms of mindfulness may help those with obesity lose weight.

William Schaffner, MD, medical director at the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID), and Patsy Stinchfield, RN, MS, CPNP, president-elect of NFID, explain what strategies they look forward to being implemented in the prevention and treatment of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

Investigators have found that Medicare Advantage plans were denying care that should be covered for tens of thousands of people; Anthony Fauci, MD, claimed that the United States is in the transition phase of the pandemic; measles cases rose by 79% in 2022.

Robert Sidbury, MD, MPH, chief, Division of Dermatology, Seattle Children's Hospital, spoke on the mental health comorbidity risk linked with atopic dermatitis and how dermatologists can play a role in managing behavioral care needs of at-risk patients.

Lifestyle behaviors, such as body mass index and smoking, were shown to have a greater predictive impact regarding development of psoriasis compared with genetic predisposition.

A new commentary suggests new pathways might lead to a major shift in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).

The study is the first to find an association between adults with asthma and the risk of obesity developing later.

This systematic review and meta-analysis used a literature search to gather data from long-term randomized controlled trials on the effectiveness of closed-loop insulin systems (CLS) among nonpregnant patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

To achieve health equity, experts from CVS Health discuss why we must invest in programs that improve access to health care for historically marginalized communities, address social determinants, boost health education, increase representation in all levels of health care delivery, widen access to clinical trial research, and more.

Alexis Garcia, PharmD, senior director of business development at Tabula Rasa HealthCare, outlines how cytochrome P450 enzymes can impact medication efficacy in patients taking multiple drugs.

The finding is important because evidence suggests it is becoming more common for patients to receive care from a general practitioner for skin cancer, versus a surgeon or dermatologist.

According to a review, few individuals initiating tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF)–based HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) experienced clinically significant kidney impairment, although the risk was increased.

Bernice Kwong, MD, clinical professor of dermatology, Stanford University, explains what dermatological considerations should be made for patients with leukemia and lymphoma.

Nathan H. Walcker, MBA, chief executive officer, Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute (FCSRI), discusses what guests can expect at the in-person Tampa meeting of The American Journal of Managed Care®'s Institute for Value-Based Medicine® (IVBM), co-hosted by FCSRI.

A randomized controlled trial found that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) needed less acute care when in peer support groups.