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A new study offers insight into ways to decrease the burden on caregivers for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in China and around the world.

Medical experts express concern over the Biden administration's plan to administer boosters to the general public; US sees increases in vaccination rates and COVID-19 deaths; the CEO of Johnson & Johnson (J&J) will step down in January 2022.

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Neal Dave, PharmD, the executive director of pharmacy at Texas Oncology, discusses the potential for biosimilar utilization to grow and the reasons why his practice favors them over reference products.

A review of therapies for atopic dermatitis (AD) found adequate net health benefit for new treatments. However, safety remains a concern for the Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors.

A new mathematical model highlights the challenges of preventing Clostridioides difficile transmission in the hospital.

A study suggests that for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), the more components of metabolic syndrome present, the higher that patient’s risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes.

The FDA has approved empagliflozin (Jardiance) for adults with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, regardless of type 2 diabetes status.

A low risk of adverse safety outcomes was observed in anti–vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) intravitreal injections performed in office-based and operating room settings, with a higher rate of culture-positive endophthalmitis found in the office setting.

Switching patients from reference pegfilgrastim to a biosimilar could lead to substantial cost savings, with potential to offset the cost of and allow for greater access to chemotherapy treatment, investigators concluded.

President Joe Biden pushes back against governors banning school mask mandates; family behind Purdue Pharma refuses to pay settlement for opioid suit without legal protections; the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) bans a pesticide linked to health issues in children.

Actinic keratosis outcomes can be affected by several variables, and these lesions need to be treated to minimize progression risk, noted Todd Schlesinger, MD, FAAD, director, Dermatology and Laser Center of Charleston and Clinical Research Center of the Carolinas.

Few cases have documented how myeloproliferative neoplasms, such as polycythemia vera, progress to pure erythroid leukemia, with just 5 such cases reported between 1952 and 1962.

Investigators examined the current bodies of evidence surrounding the emergence of next-generation gene sequencing, and the challenges that come with it, for identifying oncogenic drivers of early-stage non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

JDRF, the world's largest nonprofit funder of type 1 diabetes research, announced the appointment of Shereef Elnahal, MD, to its research committee.

Physical activity was significantly associated with cardiorespiratory fitness and pulse wave velocity, a preclinical indicator of future cardiovascular disease risk, in patients with psoriasis.

Top US health officials outlined plans for rolling out COVID-19 booster shots to all American adults beginning in September, while CMS announced that nursing homes will be required to implement mandatory vaccinations for staff.

"No matter where you go, there you are." Buckaroo Banzai

Some hospitals may revisit crisis standards of care; Florida hospitals to pause elective surgeries; studies find nearly a quarter of Black Americans with low incomes report fair or poor health care.

Event-free survival rates were higher in women compared with men for all-cause mortality and first heart failure hospitalization.

Asociaţia Română Anti-SIDA (ARAS; Romanian Association Against AIDS) was founded on April 10, 1992, just 3 years after the fall of communism, making it the first such organization in the country following a time when HIV was not officially acknowledged nor prevention of HIV and sexually transmitted infections discussed.

The scientific statement addresses current knowledge regarding the impact of obstructive sleep apnea on the cardiovascular health of children and adolescents, as well as best practices to evaluate symptoms.

Pimavanserin (Nuplazid) initiation among patients with Parkinson disease was associated with greater risk of 30-day hospitalization and mortality up to one year compared with non-users.

Results from the FUTURE 5 study show that more than 80% of patients had no radiographic progression of psoriatic arthritis, regardless of dose cohort or whether a loading dose was used.

This new study from South Korea investigated if patients with cancer could be at potential greater risk of kidney failure and found connections with several cancer types.

Despite executive orders by the Biden administration aimed to improve competition in the pharmaceutical industry, pay-for-delay deals and other antitrust issues continue to be reported. On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak on the history and prevalence of these anticompetitive tactics and steps to limit these deals.

An analysis of gestational diabetes trends in the United States revealed increases across all age and racial subgroups over the past decade.

Mary Pat Gallagher, MD, of NYU Langone Health, outlines why young individuals should be vaccinated against COVID-19 and Finnish data on increased rates of type 1 diabetes (T1D) seen during the pandemic.