Mary Caffrey

The top status comes as digital providers, such as Omada Health, are trying to convince CMS to include them in the Medicare National Diabetes Prevention Program program.

The results support other evidence that suggests the link between irregular eating patterns and diabetes is distinctly different from the one that drives obesity.

Clinical trial data has shown that the drug helped 28.6% of patients achieve glycated hemoglobin of 7.0% of less by week 24 without severe hypoglycemia or diabetic ketoacidosis and also helped participants lose weight.

Data from the Mayo Clinic suggest that smokers who have quit longer than 15 years may need to be screened for lung cancer, yet they fall outside the window recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force.

Researchers based at the University of Michigan compared patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) in Medicaid expansion states with those in nonexpansion states, focusing on 18 specific conditions identified as severe illnesses that could be avoided through better preventive care.

From smartphones to smart rescue inhalers, researchers offered ideas to make chronic obstructive pulmonary disease care more data-driven and personalized.

Navigating FDA's rules to get a fixed-dose combination therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease approved required a large study and a specific population.

Two scientists taking part in a session on addiction and pulmonary health outlined existing evidence about marijuana's effects on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and cancer. But one speaker warned there are too few longitudinal studies in this area.

Results presented at the American Thoracic Society 2018 International Conference confirm a hypothesis about the connections among pollution, inflammation, and oxidative stress.

A session at the American Thoracic Society 2018 International Conference examined the factors that contribute to disparities and potential partnerships between doctors and lawyers on behalf of patients.

Harvard healthcare economist Michael E. Chernew, PhD, who is co-editor in chief of The American Journal of Managed Care®, discusses elements of the Trump administration proposal to control drug prices.

Officials with GlaxoSmithKline said COLUMBA is the first long-term study for an anti-IL5 biologic to treat severe asthma that has been reported.

Attendees at the American Thoracic Society 2018 International Conference, meeting in San Diego, California, heard details that led to FDA's recent expansion of the indication for GlaxoSmithKline's Trelegy Ellipta, including findings that the once-daily combination also provides significant mortality benefits over a dual therapy that is often the combination patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are taking when triple therapy is recommended.

The study comes as FDA is moving to bring more order to the area of mobile health. It is in the midst of a pilot for a precertifcation process that involves well-known companies such as Apple, Verily, and diabetes-specific companies like Tidepool.

Organizers of the project said it aims to build a better set of data on hypoglycemia that will help researchers and clinicians understand the condition, predict it, and gauge its cost.

The HHS secretary took on critics who said the plan went too easy on pharma and touted provisions that he said would change incentives that have worked in favor of companies and against patients.

Out-of-pocket costs for consumers and targeting the complex pharmaceutical rebating system were the high points of a presentation that began in the Rose Garden and ended with HHS Secretary Alex Azar's details in the White House press room.

In testimony before a Senate committee, the chief scientific and medical officer said no single stakeholder is at fault, but the entire system of insulin delivery must be examined to make things better for consumers.

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, has embraced the calorie counts at restaurants a year after his agency put them hold on the eve of his arrival. A Nutrition Facts label update is delayed but not scuttled, in contrast with the reversal of school lunch changes from the Obama administration.

Authors report theirs is the first real-world study comparing the 2 SGLT2 inhibitors.

This week's announcement comes after cardiologists have spent several years sharing accounts of their difficulty gaining access to PCSK9 inhibitors for their patients.

CMS Administrator Seema Verma called on qualified providers of the National Diabetes Prevention Program to become Medicare suppliers. But in last year's rulemaking process, commenters warned that the program CMS had designed was too bureaucatic and did not pay enough upfront to attract small, community-based providers.

While precise pricing information was not released, net pricing will be within the cost-effective ranges set by the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review.

Even though her final stretch at the helm of Planned Parenthood was not easy, Cecile Richards told the nation's obstetricians she is optimistic because of the activism she sees among women and girls at the grassroots level. "Women are on fire," she said.

Clinicians in the audience attending the annual meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists said patients and payers may only see the headlines about the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) ratings and don't pay attention to finer points about recommendations for subgroups.

The drug's sponsor filed for FDA approval earlier this week under breakthrough therapy status.

Women face many barriers to treatment for postpartum depression, but obstetricians are well-positioned to help overcome them.

One study revealed that 40% of residents in the South report financial barriers that prevent them from giving patients long-acting reversible contraception, including lack of insurance coverage and the cost of the device, which prevents it from being stocked.

The president's panel at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' 2018 Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting in Austin, Texas, discussed how to make postpartum care more value-based as women give birth at older ages and need team-based care.

Guidance for primary care physicians prescribing type 2 diabetes therapies comes at an opportune time. A major rift over guidelines for glycemic control has opened between the American College of Physicians, a professional association of internists, and diabetes specialists, including endocrinologists and diabetes educators.