In the first clinical trial of its kind, Danish researchers investigated the efficacy of a combination treatment of ruxolitinib and low-dose pegylated interferon-α2 (PEG-INF α2) in patients with polycythemia vera and myelofibrosis, according to a study published in Haematologica.
In a poll of people with Parkinson disease, more than 1 in 4 (26%) participants reported having been misdiagnosed, with a further 21% having to see their general provider 3 times before being referred to a specialist.
Researchers outline numerous benefits of outfitting recipients of cataract surgery with blue-light filtering artificial intraocular lenses (BLF IOLs), as opposed to non-BLF lenses, in a Clinical Ophthalmology study published in December.
Specific cancer drugs were shown to inhibit cell signaling processes that contribute to neutrophils, immune cells that cause inflammation to the lungs and serve as the main driver of lung damage in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to study findings.
In a study published December 26 in the Journal of Clinical Medicine, researchers tested the effects of cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation in the occipital cortex of 42 patients with episodic migraine.
California lawmakers propose vaping ban targeting all flavored tobacco products; abstinence from alcohol shown to benefit patients with atrial fibrillation through reduced episode recurrence; Novo Nordisk launches authorized generic insulins with plans to improve affordability of the drug.
A JAMA study covering data from more than 250,000 women found no statistically significant link between the use of powder in the genital area and risk of ovarian cancer among women. This study comes as public outcry has led to scrutiny of one of the nation’s leading talc powder producers, Johnson & Johnson.
In a statement published today by he American Heart Association, researchers provide key resources needed to diagnose and treat fulminant myocarditis successfully.
Caris Life Sciences, a leader in somatic testing on cancer tumor cells, has joined forces with Ambry Genetics to offer its 67-gene test that evaluates a patient’s hereditary risk for cancer.
The FDA expanded the use of Fiasp, a fast-acting insulin aspart injection, in children as young as 2 years to treat diabetes. First approved for adults in 2017, Novo Nordisk said it is the only "mealtime insulin injection that does not have a pre-meal dosing recommendation.”
Providers have an inefficient business model that’s become so deeply ingrained, they simply can’t fathom how else to do business as the industry shifts to value-based care.
People who regularly sleep less than 4 hours or more than 11 hours were found to be 2 to 3 times more likely to have pulmonary fibrosis compared with those who sleep for 7 hours a day, according to study results.
Unnecessary testing may expose young women to “preventable harms,” including anxiety, false-positives, and treatment that isn’t needed, according to findings in JAMA Internal Medicine.
The current US flu season is shaping up to be among the worst in decades; a single dose of the HPV vaccine shows efficacy in an analysis; generic manufacturers plan to appeal a California ruling on pay-to-delay deals.
The researchers said that they are the first to demonstrate elevated concentrations of serum fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) in patients with plaque-type psoriasis.
Heart disease and kidney disease are widely known comorbidities of diabetes, but a lesser-known complication that dramatically effects between 10 million and 20 million American adults is peripheral arterial disease (PAD). In its most extreme form, PAD can lead to limb loss.
Epigenetic drug therapy should be explored for certain patients with marginal zone lymphoma, according to a recent study.
A recent study looked at the impact of stereotyped B-cell receptor immunoglobulins in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).
Thrombotic events are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality for patients with polycythemia vera (PV), and previous reports have shown a significant correlation between elevated white blood cell (WBC) count and thrombotic events. A recently published study among patients treated in the US Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has now substantiated those findings, suggesting that controlling WBC count should be an important facet of managing PV.
Researchers recently developed a novel paradigm that connects the pathophysiology of multiple sclerosis (MS) to the hygiene hypothesis and the microbiome.
The researchers reported that aging brings degeneration of the circadian pacemaker, a progressive decline in melatonin output and decrease in rhythm amplitude which contributes to increasing sleep fragmentation and waking up earlier in the morning.
The results suggest that delaying initiation of disease-modifying therapy (DMT), especially after a poorly recovered relapse, decreases the likelihood of remaining disability free by age 45.
The workshops were aimed at ensuring that primary care centers were following clinical care guidelines developed after 2011 meeting requirements of a national certification program.
Testicular cancer is the most common cancer to be diagnosed in men as younger men—those younger than age 40—and it can be particularly aggressive. Advances in therapy have improved survival rates, but if young men have chemotherapy after surgery, they may live with side effects for decades.
This week, the top managed care stories included the FDA announcing a ban on flavored e-cigarettes; Google’s artificial intelligence system can find breast cancer as well as experts; new diabetes guidelines including 2 new drug classes to treat comorbidities.
No statistically significant difference in central macular thickness (CMT) between patients with and without diabetes was found preoperatively and in the early postoperative period after uncomplicated phacoemulsification surgery, according to study results.
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Drug prices rose by 5.8% to start 2020, a slight decrease compared with last year's average increase; lower patient satisfaction shown after hospital mergers/acquisitions; study findings link exposure to secondhand smoke to risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D).
This week, researchers pinpointed the effects of shuttered automobile factories, releasing results in JAMA Internal Medicine that show plant closures from 1999 to 2016 were associated with increases in deaths from opioid overdoses.
In MassMutual’s 2019 Workplace Financial Wellness Study, survey data gathered by Greenwald & Associates reported that a large majority of employers believe their employees are struggling financially in saving for retirement, settling debt, and dealing with medical costs.
