Data to be presented next week during the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting show that for every 10% increase in public welfare spending, there was a 4.55% narrowing of the 5-year overall survival (OS) disparity between Black and White patients with cancer.
As biosimilar competition heats up in the United States, payers have more tools at their disposal to manage these agents.
A letter from the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) called for drug pricing reforms, deeming them necessary to ensure the health of patients and sustainability of health care systems.
A small study aimed to increase the likelihood of detecting minor neurological symptoms of spinal muscular atrophy via a combination of tests specifically suited to newborns.
Jessica Brooks, MPM, president and chief executive officer, Pittsburgh Business Group on Health, spoke on the core themes of her keynote address related to diversity, equity, and inclusion at the 2022 Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health annual conference.
A retrospective study found that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) had stiffer arteries compared with patients without COPD.
Results of a cross-sectional study showed former smokers eligible for lung cancer screening should be asked about recent tobacco use and exposure, while counseling about the harms of these 2 risk factors is warranted.
The governor of Oklahoma signs the nation's most restrictive abortion ban; vaccination against COVID-19 may not prevent long COVID-19; West Virginia reaches tentative settlement with opioid manufacturers.
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In 2018, annual health care expenditures attributable to current e-cigarette use totaled $15.1 billion or $2024 per person, according to researchers.
Pediatric and adult patients reporting more severe disease courses of atopic dermatitis had a greater risk of select cancers, particularly lymphoma.
A recent study found that patient assessments of symptoms are fit for purpose and can be used by adolescents with alopecia areata in clinical trials and practice.
Thanks to flexibilities provided by the American Rescue Plan, 4 states announced Wednesday they will expand Medicaid coverage to 12 months postpartum, joining others who have already adopted similar measures.
The findings highlight the significant financial burden of sickle cell disease.
Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cell count was associated with risk of hospitalization in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) independent of forced expiratory volume during a 3-year follow-up.
Sharon Phares, PhD, MPH, chief scientific officer of the National Pharmaceutical Council, describes the lasting equity concerns regarding the use of health technology assessments (HTAs) for women.
Research as we know it today, done in isolation and seemingly protected from real-world evidence (RWE), may one day soon be the exception vs the norm, as our ability to amass and extract insights from RWE grows. It’s time that researchers and other industry stakeholders acknowledge the power of using different data sources in a complementary manner to tackle some of health care’s most difficult problems.
Steven Yeh, MD, professor of ophthalmology at the Truhlsen Eye Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, talks about what he sees in the future of suprachoroidal administration and other unmet needs in ophthalmology.
Miruna Sasu, PhD, MBA, president and CEO of COTA Healthcare, discusses 3 ways in which the FDA can provide, and has provided, assistance on the capture of real-word data (RWD) in electronic medical records.
The findings could lead to new insights into how type 1 diabetes develops.
The latest mass shooting in a school has sparked a renewed a debate on mental health and gun control in the United States; CVS will stop filling controlled-substance prescriptions ordered by clinicians who work for telehealth companies Cerebral and Done; the FTC launched an inquiry into the ongoing baby formula shortage.
Thirst outcomes were investigated among patients with stable heart failure (HF), due to the limited data available on this relationship and how it, along with fluid and sodium intake, influences clinical outcomes in this population.
A longitudinal cohort study found that mild albuminuria was associated with cognitive decline, worse baseline cognitive function, and increased risk of incident cognitive impairment and dementia.
With recreational marijuana dispensaries becoming more common across the country, the benefits of medical marijuana could be neutralized. How can doctors and dispensaries make sure the benefits of medical marijuana are still felt in a post-legalization nation?
Prescription digital therapeutic (PDT) reSET-O, used for opioid use disorder, had similar engagement levels across a broad range of geographic regions in the United States, including both urban and rural areas.
There are an increasing number of targeted therapies in oncology, but challenges around biomarker testing and treatment selection remain.
Abstracts presented at Digestive Disease Week 2022 showed that RBX2660, an investigational microbiota-based drug, was more likely to reduce the recurrence of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) compared with placebo.
If there's one silver-lining of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is the opportunity to talk openly about mental health issues.
The logistics for storing chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies remain a challenge, said Joel Wayment, vice president of operations for 3PL Services, Cardinal Health.
The authors of this study evaluated outcomes among children aged 7 to 16 years, all living with type 1 diabetes (T1D), who attended a 3-day virtual education camp that focused on their use of a closed-loop control (CLC) system for insulin delivery.
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