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This week, the top managed care news included state and federal crackdowns on vaping that forced out the president of Juul; FDA approved a groundbreaking diabetes treatment; Medicare Advantage premiums will decline for 2020.

Data on the link between elevated serum neurofilament light chain and diabetes was presented at the 35th Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis, held in Stockholm, Sweden.

Older adults above the age of 66 with COPD were found to be twice as likely to use prescription synthetic oral cannabinoids when compared with adults of the same age without COPD, according to a study.

The CDC reports a 52% rise in vaping-related illnesses from last week; bundled payment models are being tried for maternity care costs; the chief executive officer of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina has resigned and a merger put on hold after news of his alleged alcohol-related crash 3 months ago became public.

According to the researchers, the long noncoding RNA, when turned off or deleted, eliminates dormant HIV reservoirs that persist even when patients adhere here to their antiretroviral therapy regimen and are virally suppressed.

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Researchers studied a particular mutation in a gene linked to Parkinson.

Coverage of the first half of the Institute for Value-Based Medicine® (IVBM®) session held September 19, 2019, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. IVBM® is an initiative of The American Journal of Managed Care®.

Boston Scientific announced its fifth annual Connected Patient Challenge, a campaign seeking digital health solutions that improve patient care and better manage chronic conditions

The Sandoz unit of Novartis has expanded its recall of its heartburn medications containing ranitidine; Juul Labs announced that their chief executive offer is stepping down and that the company would not lobby the Trump administration on its impending ban of flavored vaping products; Amazon has launched a virtual medical clinic for its employees in Seattle.

Governments and health systems can save money in the long term and improve health outcomes by investing earlier in social determinant of health strategies that help people with housing, exercise, mental health, as well as the ability to afford costly prescription drug medication, the report said.

Among 206 people visiting a county HIV clinic between 2006 and 2013, there was an overall 17.5% prevalence of transmitted drug resistance.

As minimal residual disease (MRD) and other measures to detect cancer burden are increasingly used to predict outcomes and direct future treatment decisions, Amgen has chosen to partner with Adaptive Biotechnologies to use the clonoSEQ product to assess MRD across multiple drug development programs.

Unsustainable healthcare costs are driving seismic changes to the way payers do business and are requiring the ability to extract deeper insights from data assets.

Researchers said Wednesday they created a second-generation chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy that prevented relapse of lymphoma and leukemia and led to 100% long-term survival in early laboratory studies.

According to findings from a cohort study, patients with obstructive sleep apnea were more likely than healthy controls to develop depressive and anxiety disorders over a 9-year follow-up.

Federal prosecutors in California are opening a federal probe into Juul Labs; the FDA has approved the first vaccine for smallpox and monkeypox; an analysis from the Congressional Budget Office finds that an approach to address surprise medical bills backed by doctors would cost the government billions.

As 2020 Medicare Advantage (MA) premiums will decline 14.0% from 2019, beneficiaries will have access to greater benefits, which has contributed to enrollment continuing to grow year over year, according to CMS.

Research on the effect of sleep duration in relation to menopausal night sweats and cognitive dysfunction for breast cancer surviving women will be shared at the 30th Annual Meeting of NAMS 2019 in Chicago, Illinois.

A study on zebrafish revealed that the intensity of brain activity during the day, controlling for length of time being awake, is linked to sleep necessity through a neuron named galanin.

Recall for blood pressure medication losartan has expanded for a fifth time; the lead crisis in Newark is easing after significant filter results for water; allergists speak about the pros and cons of the potential first peanut allergy treatment.

Results from 2 large clinical trials show that dupilumab is associated with clinical improvements in symptoms of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) with nasal polyps.

More than 70% of hospital data breaches include the theft of sensitive items like patients’ Social Security or credit card numbers, as well as birth dates, which could lead to identity theft or fraud, according to a new report.

A recent study indicates that the level of job satisfaction among patients with migraine influences the impact of perceived disability on work productivity.

Walmart announces it will stop selling e-cigarettes; Sutter Health antitrust case begins its jury selection today; Bernie Sanders proposes plan to eliminate $81 billion in medical debt.

While the number of employers who reported they had self-insured at least one health plan had increased from 1999 to 2016, there was a sharp decrease by 38.7% in 2018, according to research from the Employee Benefit Research Institute.

A recent Peer Exchange series from The American Journal of Managed Care® brought together a panel of experts to discuss spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), including its clinical presentation, diagnosis of its various types, and the potential of new disease-modifying treatments. The panel was moderated by Peter L. Salgo, MD.

New research coming from Doximity is adding to the literature on the physician shortage's impact on maternity care, identifying which metropolitan areas are most likely to suffer from a shortage of obstetricians and gynecologists (OB/GYNs) in coming years.