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Patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) incur significant health care resource utilization and cost burden, particularly those with infantile-onset SMA.

These results show that people living with HIV may not be at greater risk of contracting coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) despite being immunocompromised.

This week, the top managed care news included identification of insomnia as a risk factor for type 2 diabetes; a look at the growth of telehealth during COVID-19; an overview of the speakers who will appear at Patient-Centered Oncology Care 2020.

A new study suggests stringent complete response is less meaningful than minimal residual disease status when evaluating patients with multiple myeloma.

Even though dupilumab was a late entrant to the market to treat asthma, its efficacy “speaks for itself,” said Neal Jain MD, FAAP, FAAAAI, of Arizona Allergy & Immunology Research, Arcadia Allergy & Asthma, and San Tan Allergy & Asthma.

Impaired sleep was associated with a higher rate of future beta amyloid accumulation, a potential catalyst of Alzheimer disease onset, according to study findings.

In patients with central serous chorioretinopathy, eyes treated with intravitreal bevacizumab injections and which achieved complete resolution of subretinal fluid have a 50% chance of CSC recurrence in the long term.

The Mediterranean diet, which is known to have health benefits, may help prevent rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in current or previous smokers, according to new research published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

Most adults are reluctant to receive a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine if it is approved before November; airports will stop screening international travelers for COVID-19; surveys show a sharp decline in youth vaping.

Compared with patients with epilepsy, migraineurs tend to suffer more from psychological difficulties, according to a study published in Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare.

New research casts doubt on the notion that hepatitis plays a role in the development of multiple myeloma (MM), finding that the virus is actually more common in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).

Recent results show a consistent overall prevalence of ambulatory heart failure, but that Blacks still have a greater prevalence of the condition.

In recent years, the number of children diagnosed with additional autoimmune diseases accompanying type 1 diabetes (T1D) has increased, according to a study published in Frontiers in Endocrinology.

Among patients with advanced Parkinson disease and motor fluctuations, a combination of levodopa/carbidopa/entacapone was shown to improve motor and sleep symptoms.

Point-of-care diabetic retinopathy screening using autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) systems is effective and cost-saving for children with diabetes and their caregivers.

New data suggests a patient’s education level can be an important factor in the disease outcomes of patients with multiple myeloma.

Pralsetinib (Gavreto), developed by Blueprint Medicines, received accelerated approval. Thermo Fisher Scientific's Oncomine Dx Target Test received premarket approval as a companion diagnostic to identify patients who are candidates for the once-daily oral RET-targeted therapy.

AstraZeneca's phase 3 trial of a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine has been temporarily stopped; the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally may have led to over 250,000 COVID-19 cases; a potential treatment for breast cancer may not be effective.

Expanding traditional value frameworks to include inequality and factors that contribute to this is the first step to addressing disparities in health outcomes. Utilizing multi-criteria decision analysis and distributional cost effect analysis can assist in deriving data and subsequently acting on these issues.

Melissa L. Johnson, MD, associate director for lung cancer research at Sarah Cannon Research Institute and partner in Tennessee Oncology, discusses the potential of tiragolumab/atezolizumab for metastatic non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

In findings from a novel global atlas study published today, 19 risk factors were identified to increase risk of developing type 2 diabetes, with insomnia identified as a risk factor for the first time.

Telehealth has been around for years in the United States, but it was not until the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic that it became so widely used.

Nine pharmaceutical companies issued a joint pledge that seeks to reassure the public about the safety, efficacy of their potential vaccines; fatigue, headache, and fever were indicated as the most common symptoms of COVID-19 in children; the link between vaping use and risk of COVID-19 infection and adverse outcomes becomes clear.

The top 3 issues relevant within cancer care delivery to be discussed at this year's virtual Patient-Centered Oncology Care Conference 2020 will include COVID-19, pharmacy benefit managers, and alternative payment models.

Each Patient-Centered Oncology Care meeting provides dynamic, provoking conversations on the current and future landscape of oncology. This year's PCOC 2020 will work to continue this trend.

While coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is largely a respiratory disease, it is actually a systemic disease that has a wide range of effects and postinfection sequelae that aren’t yet fully known, said Anthony S. Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Transitioning from population to precision health care, as well as eschewing old health care models of the past linked with misuse and excess cost, can assist in evolving the current US health care delivery system.

Children and adolescents initiating selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) may be at a small increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a recent study published in JAMA Psychiatry.