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This new study from Serbia compared outcomes on oral glucose tolerance tests between women who are pregnant and those who have polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

Two abstracts presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting 2021 showed that patients with narcolepsy treated with once-nightly sodium oxybate, FT218, vs placebo exhibited significant improvements in sleep latency and cataplexy.

The WISDOM study—Women Informed to Screen Depending On Measures of risk—was launched to test a personalized approach to screening compared to annual mammograms. Funmi Olopade, MD, FACP, is a professor of Medicine and Human Genetics and founding director of the Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics and Global Health at the University of Chicago Medical Center, and a co-investigator of WISDOM. She discussed how the COVID-19 pandemic actually helped increase participation in the WISDOM study and what it means for future trials.

Approximately half of patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy exhibited long lapses in care when prescribed ranibizumab across a 5-year follow-up.

Molecular profiling is more often used after standard cancer treatments have failed; a recent study suggests that it could effectively guide first-line treatment, especially for cancers with a poor prognosis.

The MScanFit method assessed changes in motor unit configuration in adult patients undergoing treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).

A recent study found that nurses who worked in operating rooms for 15 or more years are 46% to 69% more likely to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) than nurses who had never worked in an operating room.

Angelman syndrome affects roughly 1 in every 20,000 children and it has no approved treatment.

Researchers hope that the benefits seen in a new protocol for deep brain stimulation (DBS) in Parkinsonian mice will extend to humans.

Health care costs are 3 to 5 times greater for people with rare diseases compared with those without, according to a new study.

Mortality and liver-related complications increased with fibrosis stage in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

At the fully in-person meeting of the Asembia 2021 Specialty Pharmacy Summit, held in Las Vegas, Nevada, attendees will get multiple sessions looking into the future of specialty pharmacy, as well as sessions on hot topics like telehealth and health equity.

Study findings suggest that the unique genomic variations of cerebrospinal fluid can be leveraged as a liquid biopsy to effectively and safely improve decision-making regarding treatment of patients with non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with leptomeningeal metastasis.

Peter Dicpinigaitis, MD, professor of medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, director of the Montefiore Cough Center, and editor-in-chief of LUNG, addresses gender and chronic cough

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Recipients of Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster shot had a 95.6% lower risk of infection than fully vaccinated individuals who received placebo; analysis finds Biden’s social spending and climate change bill would significantly reduce rates of uninsurance; Texas urges Supreme Court to let its abortion law stand.

Posters presented at the AMCP Nexus 2021 meeting reviewed the cost-effectiveness and cost per response for zanubrutinib vs ibrutinib.

Twenty combinations of toxic pollutants were identified by a machine learning algorithm as being tied with asthma outcomes.

Researchers hope these findings help develop methods to assess cognitive function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

A recent review sought to analyze studies to identify a neuropsychological assessment to evaluate cognitive domains and neuropsychological changes.

A review of current molecular and electrophysiological biomarkers in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) concluded that more exploration is necessary to find noninvasive, yet accurate, measures of disease progression and therapy response.

Autologous tumor lysate particle-loaded dendritic cell (TLPLDC) vaccination is well-tolerated in combination with other immunotherapies, but further research is needed to confirm its efficacy.

Daniel Greer, PharmD, BCPP, clinical assistant professor, Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, discusses the incidence and long-term implications of chronic insomnia.

As deductibles for Medicare Part D beneficiaries and enrollment continue to rise, new policies and reconciliation negotiations aimed at lowering costs may hold the key to stabilizing Part D plans, according to presenters at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Nexus 2021 meeting.

Highlighting the latest ophthalmology-related news reported across MJH Life Sciences™.

Two posters presented at AMCP Nexus 2021 review the high burden of social determinants of health (SDOH) on patients with serious mental illness.

Studies presented at Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Nexus 2021 elucidated costs of skin treatment for workers in terms of recovery time taken and percentage of salary.

The FDA approves Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 booster shots and will allow mixing-and-matching for boosters; the health-related effects of climate change are growing; there is a rise in poisonings tied to the antiparasitic drug ivermectin.