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Using a smartphone was associated with higher usage of acute medication, but less relief, in individuals with new-onset headache or increased severity of headache.

The bill includes $100 billion for hospitals; some are concerned that the bill, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, does not go far enough, particularly for Medicaid.

According to the CDC, individuals with diabetes may experience more serious complications from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) than the general population.

The FDA has accepted for filing with priority review Jazz Pharmaceuticals’ new drug application for JZP-258. The investigational medicine targets cataplexy and excessive daytime sleepiness associated with narcolepsy.

Not all women with dense breast tissue have a high risk of breast cancer, but they all have an increased risk compared with women who have average tissue density. Can this patient population benefit from screening with abbreviated breast magnetic resonance imaging (AB MRI) over digital breast tomosynthesis?

During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Innovaccer’s free to use COVID-19 Management System promotes the ability for patients to implement self-assessments to determine severity risk, which could prove crucial in at-risk, under resourced populations.

The FDA approved Bristol Myers Squibb’s ozanimod (Zeposia) 0.92 mg as an oral treatment for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (RMS). Ozanimod can be used to treat clinically isolated syndrome, relapsing-remitting disease, and active secondary progressive disease.

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield has temporarily waived its "actively at work" requrement for group policies; Native American populations, some of the nation's most vulerable, are ill-equipped to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic; rates of sexually transmitted infections increase among pregnant women.

Thomas C. Corbridge, MD, FCCP, is a GSK medical expert and an emeritus physician and adjunct professor of medicine at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Corbridge received his medical degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and has been in practice for over 30 years. Dr. Corbridge specializes in pulmonary and critical care medicine and is experienced in asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and general pulmonology.

“The brunt of COVID-19 will be borne by the poor, elderly, and sick, and it is up to us to ensure they are not left behind” – Former US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy

Evidence is considered lacking on the association between mortality and patients who have both cardiac injury and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Is the rate of death higher among these patients compared with patients without cardiac disease who have COVID-19?

The FDA issues safety alerts for EpiPen and EpiPen Jr Auto-Injectors; we should be drinking more water to reduce the effects of increased sugar intake; experts suggest actively working to protect mental health while on lockdown.

The FDA called it “a historic day” as insulin and certain other biologic drugs transitioned to a different regulatory pathway.

The FDA Tuesday cleared a new dose of Samsung Bioepis’ trastuzumab biosimilar Ontruzant, which is yet to be launched in the United States. The approval is for a 420-mg multidose vial of Ontruzant. The biosimilar was first approved as a 150-mg single-dose vial by the FDA in January 2019 across all indications for the reference product, Herceptin.

Researchers were able to effectively use an arm-mounted optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) device to learn information about the developing fovea in extreme low birth weight (ELBW) neonates, according to a study published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology.

Researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine found that falls simulated through virtual reality could enable early detection of balance problems in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study published in PLoS One.

The environment surrounding the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic seems to change by the minute. The full extent to which HIV-positive individuals can be affected if they contract COVID-19, because they are immunocompromised, is not known. Recently, the CDC issued guidance for this patient population.

The International Olympic Committee postpones the 2020 games slated for this summer; the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) urges Congress for increased protection and support for medical practices; AHIP will allow its member payers to transfer patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from hospitals to other clinical settings, if appropriate, without prior authorization.

Two hormone-modulating breast cancer therapies (HMTs), tamoxifen and steroidal aromatase inhibitors, were associated with a decrease in the number of women who received a diagnosis of a neurodegenerative disease, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. Specifically, the 2 HMTs were associated with significant decreases in diagnoses of Alzheimer disease and dementia.

Researchers found that 1 in 10 patients with diabetes initially hospitalized for treatment of common medical conditions was discharged with intensified diabetes medications, with nearly half unlikely to benefit due to limited life expectancy or already having an optimal blood glucose level.

As the Affordable Care Act (ACA) turns 10 years old, the coronavirus pandemic is focusing a spotlight on the coverage gains made under the landmark law.

Yoga may be used as a safe intervention for pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), according to a study published in the Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. The exercise could also potentially improve patients’ exercise capacity.

In older adults who are cognitively unimpaired, sleep-disordered breathing was found to alter Alzheimer disease–sensitive brain regions, causing greater amyloid deposition and neuronal activity, according to study findings.

Nurses are voicing their concern about the lack of protective gear in caring patients with or suspected of having COVID-19; the FDA warned that new at-home tests in the marketplace for coronavirus disease, which is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, have not been approved; US jails and prison systems have begun to allow the release of inmates who have commited petty crimes and those potentially at-risk of severe COVID-19 infection.

This study examined risk of exacerbation using a new predictive tool called COPD treatment ratio.

Diabetes pay-for-performance programs may reduce all-cause mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D).

A new study compares synthetic magnetic resonance imaging (SyMRI) to other techniques for measuring myelin volume fraction in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). The data indicate the technique is effective.

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