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The FDA has approved dupilumab (Dupixent) for the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.

OBR hosted a webinar that featured a discussion about how oncology practices can leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to improve cancer care.

While the final figure is still being determined, the provisional data predict a total of 69,096 drug overdose deaths for a 12-month period ending November 2018, compared with the predicted 72,287 for the 12-month period ending November 2017.

Leaders of the Senate Finance Committee have discussed a deal to limit drug prices in Medicare; Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards will annouce a "Netflix model" deal with Aseuga Therapeutics that will increase access to an effective Hepatitis C drug, AbbVie has annouced a $63 billion transaction agreement to acquire Allergan.

The 70% ratio of forced expiratory volume in 1 second to forced vital capacity proved as or more accurate than other thresholds for predicting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)–related hospitalizations and deaths.

"Cocktail therapy," or drug combination treament, may improve quality of life and the conditions of patients with Parkinson disease dementia.

As states continue to consider Medicaid expansion and introduce their own work requirements, we've created a Medicaid expansion monitor.

According to the researchers, these rates are nearly double that seen in the general population, which suggests the presence of unmet needs among the survivorship community.

The US Supreme Court will decide a case involving 2 insurance companies that claimed they were shorted $12 billion by the federal government for "risk corridor" payments related to the ACA; Missouri's last abortion clinic will stay open until at least Friday after a state circuit court judge extended a preliminary injunction he previously issued; City of Hope will invest $1 billion in a new cancer research center and hospital in Irvine, California.

Authors say more work is needed to understand the mechanisms behind their findings.

Based upon an agreement that study protocol would be revised, the FDA has removed the partial clinical hold it placed in March on CANOVA, a phase 3 clinical trial of venetoclax.

Postural sway, the tendency to sway even while standing still, is an independent risk factor for bone fractures in postmenopausal women.

President Trump today issued an executive order intended to open the door for more transparency around healthcare costs.

Since 2007, the number of enrollees without low-income subsidies who had spending above the catastrophic threshold has more than doubled, reaching 1 million enrollees in 2015, 2016, and 2017.

President Trump's proposal to lower drug prices moves forward, scientific leaders admit they're powerless to stop a Russian scientist from creating gene-edited babies, and the adminisration seeks to change a regulation that requires healthcare organizations to give notice of free translation services and directions on how to report discrimination.

Patients with pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis (MS) not only have lower cognitive scores in adulthood than patients with adult-onset MS, but cognitive scores declined faster.

Getting test results within the same office visit allows clinicians to start care for the condition right away, a former official with the American Diabetes Association said.

Early treatment, in comparison to deferred treatment, of patients with smoldering multiple myeloma could reduce progression and mortality.

Bone is one of the most frequent sites of metastasis in breast cancer, but the exact reasons for this high risk of bone metastases has not been well understood. However, research has found that physics may be partly the reason for this high risk.

According to a study published earlier this week, nearly 95% of healthcare workers risk potentially transmitting respiratory viruses to both patients and coworkers by attending work even when they show symptoms.

Currently, the number of patients who are actually utilizing precision cancer care treatments is small, but it is growing fast. As that happens, physicians will need to get comfortable with ordering the right tests, explained Clynt Taylor, chief executive officer of Intervention Insights, and Lee Newcomer, MD, formerly of UnitedHealth Group.

According to new research published this week, investigators have identified the earliest signs of Parkinson disease (PD) in the brain, years before patients present with any symptoms.

According to a meta-analysis, long-term macrolide therapy at low doses could reduce acute exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Healthy middle-aged men who had high levels of cardiorespiratory fitness had a 31% lower risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) compared with men with low levels of cardiorespiratory fitness.

This week, the top managed care news included a report finding slow progress in reducing low-value care; a study finding savings by accountable care organizations may be overstated; CMS proposing a rule to allow for electronic prior authorization in Part D drugs.

The June issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®) featured research on care coordination and low back pain therapy in addition to studies on its theme of oncology. Here are 5 findings from research published in the issue.

Coverage of our peer-reviewed research and news reporting in the healthcare and mainstream press.

A federal appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration's family planning rule can go into effect as several lawsuits over the rule play out; Missouri's only abortion clinic will defy the state by refusing to perform a required pelvic exam days before an abortion; the World Health Organization (WHO) has removed 2 guidelines on opioids following allegations of industry influence.