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A study found 4 factors may correlate with increased risk of long-term COVID-19; Rhode Island joins opioid settlement against McKesson, AmerisourceBergen, and Cardinal Health; the Environmental Protection Agency announced it will station mobile equipment in Louisiana to measure air pollution.

A lack of relationships with pulmonary rehabilitation providers and provider perceptions about patient acceptance serve as limiting factors, new research shows.

Risdiplam is approved for children older than 2 months with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA); an expanded approval would include the youngest infants before they show symptoms.

Speakers at the Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health (GPBCH) discussed data on lifestyles, economic trends, and presented real-life examples of obesity treatment, as well as a benefit design for obesity.

This new study of data from Kaiser Permanente Southern California compared outcomes for behavioral health referrals among patients with breast cancer between those receiving a tailored intervention or an education-only approach.

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Michael Sun, a medical student at the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago, who served as first author of a Health Affairs study showing that race and bias were significantly associated with negative patient descriptors in the electronic health record.

Men who have sex with men (MSM), in particular those paying for sex, need to be a priority population for targeted HIV prevention efforts in sub-Saharan Africa.

Findings from 2 studies conducted among German and US children highlight the growing incidence of type 1 diabetes (T1D) among children throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

After analyzing past studies and classification criteria, authors found multiple factors that could be implemented into the current rheumatoid factor (RF) and anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) tests for a more specific rheumatoid arthritis (RA) classification.

The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) had announced an update to its 2018 recommendation on screening for atrial fibrillation (AFib) for older adults.

FDA significantly restricts the use of 2 COVID-19 monoclonal antibody treatments ineffective against the Omicron variant; an expert panel advises the Israeli government to offer a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose to adults; there was a substantial increase in visits for mental health and substance abuse among physicians with no prior history during the pandemic.

The new one-page tool can be completed about 20 minutes faster than the older form, but it is also more accurate, investigators said.

In this poster presented at the 2022 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, minimal residual disease (MRD) status as detected by postsurgery plasma cell-free DNA continued its strong track record of being a reliable predictor of disease progression in colorectal cancer (CRC).

Although men and women with advanced kidney disease experienced physical and mental declines in health-related quality of life (QOL), men’s declines occurred at a significantly faster rate, researchers concluded.

Researchers in Turkey analyzed the impacts of mask and disinfectant use among patients with confirmed migraine diagnoses.

Researchers examined differences in lung cancer screening and follow-up rates among individuals residing in Hawaii.

David R. Stukus, MD, FACAAI, of Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, and a board member of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, discusses guidelines for eosinophilic esophagitis, as well as some disease patterns that may occur.

Findings presented at the 2022 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium showed no significant differences in tissue and plasma genomic profiles of patients with early-onset and late-onset colorectal cancer, but a greater enrichment of the BRCA1 and PTEN mutations were noted in the tissue of those with early-onset disease.

Results of a study carried out in Iran found those with a recent history of depressive disorders were more likely to suffer from polypharmacy, or taking 5 or more medications concurrently.

The screening tools were found to be feasible measurements and took just 7.6 minutes to complete on average.

Women in the study were 3 times more likely to be affected by rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and nearly 4 times more likely to develop hypothyroidism, compared with men.

The CDC is working to change its definition of being fully vaccinated against COVID-19; a study finds that men who tested positive for COVID-19 showed a short-term decline in fertility; a nonprofit group of scientists seeks to optimize the clinical trial process and reduce cost.

According to a recent study, nearly 50% of patients with connective tissue disease, such as lupus, died when sepsis occurred.

One of the long-term effects of COVID-19 may be small fiber neuropathy in the ocular surface causing similar symptoms to dry eye disease and diabetic neuropathy, a recent study found.

In this column, an endocrinologist discusses the growing problem of liver disease and new options at their disposal, including vibration-controlled transient elastography.

Predictive markers may make it easier to figure out which patients require the often costly and invasive measures needed to confirm the coronary complication in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps were found to benefit more from the combination of endoscopic sinus surgery plus medical therapy vs medical therapy alone, although the minimal clinically important difference was not met.

Among the 3 methods used across 478 samples included in the study, next-generation sequencing provided the most favorable results.