Impact of Obesity Interventions on Managed Care

Multidisciplinary coordination across prescribing teams, nursing, laboratory medicine, finance, and infusion centers is crucial for gene therapy delivery in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).

Using commercial insurance claims data and the US launch of tirzepatide as their dividing point, John Ostrominski, MD, Harvard Medical School, and his team studied trends in the use of both glucose-lowering and weight-lowering medications, comparing outcomes between adults with and without type 2 diabetes.

Health care disparities are often driven by where patients live, explained Antoine Keller, MD, as he discussed the complex, systematic hurdles that influence the health of rural communities.

A group of experts discusses the use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology in diabetes and its transformative potential in managing the disease.

Exercise is a powerful modulator of gut health in patients with gastrointestinal (GI) conditions, as moderate activity can ease gut inflammation, reduce colorectal cancer risk, and relieve constipation, while intense workouts may backfire, causing reflux, GI bleeding, or gut barrier disruption.

Marking the first approval in over a decade for this challenging condition, the FDA has approved dupilumab (Dupixent) to treat chronic spontaneous urticaria in patients 12 years and older whose hives and itching remain uncontrolled by antihistamines.