Admission Heart Rate Can Be Used as an In-Hospital Mortality Risk Marker in Patients With AECOPD, RF
March 14th 2024Results demonstrated a nonlinear relationship between admission heart rate (AHR) and in-hospital mortality in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) and respiratory failure (RF).
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Night Light Pollution Linked to Breast Cancer, Particularly for Asian Populations, ER+ Cases
March 14th 2024A large-scale study suggests increased light at night exposure is linked to a higher risk of breast cancer, particularly in Asian populations and women with estrogen receptor-positive tumors (ER+).
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Fragmented Payer System, Vulnerable Supply Chain Among Threats to Accessing Essential Medicines
March 13th 2024During a session of the 2024 V-BID Summit, panelists Stacie Dusetzina, PhD, and Inma Hernandez, PharmD, PhD, discussed how access to essential medications is curtailed not just by the longstanding complexities of insurance design but also by emerging threats such as supply chain weaknesses and cyberattacks.
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Quality of Life, Severity Scales Correlated in Patients With Psoriasis Worldwide
March 13th 2024Study findings show that scores on the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index and the Dermatology Quality of Life Index are correlated in patients with psoriasis across several continents, but factors affecting each of these scores are different across countries.
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Patients With MPNs Have Increased Risk of Thrombosis, Hemorrhage, Leukemic Transformation
March 13th 2024Compared with matched controls, patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) had a higher risk of developing thrombosis, hemorrhage, and leukemic transformation, according to a longitudinal cohort study.
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An appeals court rules against the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America in a 340B contract pharmacy dispute; for-profit investors’ acquisition of nursing homes has raised concerns about the quality of care provided in these facilities; President Joe Biden’s proposed budget for 2025 includes changes that would do away with the current system of biosimilar interchangeability.
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Navigating the Mental Health Challenges of Cancer Diagnosis, Treatment, and Survivorship
March 12th 2024Stress has potential links to worse outcomes in cancer, such as decreased quality of life and greater risks of disease progression and metastasis. There is a complex mix of emotions patients with cancer experience.
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Severe Prenatal Grief May Increase Child’s Heart Failure Risk
March 12th 2024Research found that maternal loss of a partner or older child, as well as the loss of a close relative due to unnatural causes in the year before or during pregnancy, were linked to a heightened risk of heart failure in offspring.
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Most private health insurers have yet to publish criteria for when they will cover postpartum depression drug, zuranolone; state lawmakers are increasingly opposing health care mergers that they believe do not serve the public interest; Medicaid extensions made in 2021 led to a 40% decline in postpartum lack of insurance.
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Case Series Highlights Bacillus Cereus Risk in Patients With AML, Neutropenia
March 12th 2024Introducing ciprofloxacin to their institution’s empiric antimicrobial regimen for patients with AML and prolonged or recurrent neutropenic fevers appeared to reduce the risk of Bacillus cereus infection.
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SABR Likely Safe, Effective for Patients Who Have NSCLC, ILD
March 12th 2024In this study, the 42-patient population was enrolled from 5 sites in Canada and 1 site in Scotland, and data were gathered from March 7, 2019, to January 12, 2022; all had interstitial lung disease (ILD) and early-stage non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
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Novo Nordisk is working with authorities in several countries to tackle counterfeit versions of popular diabetes drug semaglutide (Ozempic); Amylyx’s controversial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) drug failed to help patients in a large follow-up study; disruptions from the Change Healthcare cyberattack are costing health providers as much as $1 billion a day.
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Late-Breaking Abstracts Highlight Promising Therapies in AD, Hidradenitis Suppurativa
March 11th 2024Experts at the American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting shared results of research into various topical and systemic therapies for atopic dermatitis (AD) and hidradenitis suppurativa during a late-breaking abstract session.
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Management of HS Requires Both Coordination, Communication Between Patients and Providers
March 10th 2024Treating pediatric and adult patients with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) who are in socioeconomically underserved areas can be done through collaboration with the patient, their family, and other clinicians in the field.
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