Lack of Timely Follow-Up Care After Heart Failure Common in Type 2 Diabetes
June 19th 2023An analysis of Medicaid data from adults in Alabama suggests just more than 50% of patients fail to get ambulatory follow-up care within the recommended 14-day window following a first-time heart failure hospitalization.
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Study Finds Axi-Cel Benefits Older Patients With Relapsed or Refractory LBCL
June 17th 2023The findings, which suggest that axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel) may be a good option for a patient group often deemed ineligible for other curative-intent therapy, come from a planned subgroup analysis from the ZUMA-7 trial.
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Dr James Howard Explains Mechanisms of Action of Newer Myasthenia Gravis Therapies
June 17th 2023Future myasthenia gravis therapies have different mechanisms of action than current treatments, said James F. Howard Jr, MD, professor of neurology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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IMRT for Prostate Cancer Not Associated With Increased Risk of Second Primary Cancers, Study Finds
June 16th 2023There was no difference in second primary cancer risk among older adult male patients treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) vs 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy for prostate cancer.
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Low PrEP Uptake, Persistence in Mississippi Same-Day Prescription Program
June 16th 2023An evaluation of a same-day HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) program in Jackson, Mississippi, showed that most individuals given a same-day prescription either never started PrEP or stopped use within 3 months.
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TTFields With SOC Shows Clinically Meaningful Overall Survival Improvement in Metastatic NSCLC
June 16th 2023The phase 3 LUNAR trial evaluating tumor treating fields (TTFields) with standard-of-care therapies met its primary end point in patients with metastatic non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
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Video-Based Education Improves Inhaler Use Among Adults With COPD
June 16th 2023A video-based teach-to-goal (TTG) intervention was able to improve inhaler technique over time among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma, according to a randomized controlled trial.
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Applying 4T Study Findings to the Managed Care Space: Dr David Maahs
June 16th 2023David Maahs, MD, PhD, professor of pediatrics at Stanford University and division chief of pediatric endocrinology at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, talks about the Timely Interventions for Diabetes Excellence dashboard, increases in continuous glucose monitoring, and more.
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Review Finds EORTC QLQ-MY20 Useful, Robust 25 Years After Development
June 16th 2023The treatment landscape for multiple myeloma has shifted since European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Multiple Myeloma Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-MY20) was first developed in 1996.
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Independent FDA panel advises that the next round of COVID-19 vaccines only target XBB strains; the American Medical Association (AMA) says that only using body mass index (BMI) is not enough to evaluate health; teens with severe obesity look to controversial surgery and weight-loss drugs.
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Inequalities Within and Between Practices Contribute to NGS Testing Disparities in NSCLC
June 15th 2023A study presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting found practice- and provider-level racial and ethnic inequities in rates of next-generation sequencing (NGS) testing for patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated in the community setting.
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