October 25th 2020, 6:45pm
The use of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) equations in assessing chronic kidney disease (CKD) for Black patients may lead to underdiagnosis and undertreatment, according to a nephrologist speaking at Kidney Week.
October 22nd 2020, 9:12pm
2020 is the 25th anniversary of The American Journal of Managed Care® and the October’s issue of the journal features an interview with Dr Kavita Patel, a nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution and a primary care physician.
October 20th 2020, 6:15pm
Air pollution was found to be significantly associated with an increased risk of hospital admissions for several neurological disorders, including Parkinson disease, Alzheimer disease, and other dementias.
October 19th 2020, 7:30pm
Attendees at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Nexus 2020 meeting will hear a keynote from a surgeon who has become more visible over the past year and a half discussing what he says are “structural problems” behind the cost of US health care.
October 17th 2020, 8:00pm
A recent analysis illustrated how a combination of different genomic approaches discovered actionable alterations in 44% of patients with metastatic breast cancer.
October 15th 2020, 8:39pm
Differences in clinical and demographic characteristics between men and women with multiple sclerosis (MS) are more prevalent regarding disease course than they are when stratifying by sex.
October 13th 2020, 9:00pm
Addressing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) means addressing racism, according to 2 experts in the latest episode of Managed Care Cast.
October 12th 2020, 10:30pm
The United States has its first reported of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) reinfection, in a young male patient with no underlying immune conditions.
October 9th 2020, 4:00pm
A recent study about the impact of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) on patients and caregivers may help to illustrate the impact of future improvements as new therapies take hold, but more targeted SMA quality-of life-outcome measures may be needed to fully the changes.
October 7th 2020, 2:45pm
Two women are awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for CRISPR; Eli Lilly partners with DexCom, Inc; the US arm of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine trial remains halted.
