Neil Goldfarb Previews the 2024 GPBCH Annual Wellness Summit
September 4th 2024Neil Goldfarb, president and chief executive officer of the Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health (GPBCH), previews the variety of themes and sessions at the upcoming GPBCH Annual Wellness Summit taking place September 10, 2024.
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B-Cell Activating Factor Levels May Predict Reduced Risk of CLL, Study Finds
September 4th 2024A recent study has found that higher serum levels of B-cell activating factor and anti-CCP3 are associated with a reduced risk of developing chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), suggesting potential biomarkers for assessing CLL risk.
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Dr JT Lew Explores the Barriers to MS Medication Access
September 3rd 2024JT Lew, PharmD, MBA, highlights that the primary challenges for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) in accessing prescribed medications include dealing with the shock of the diagnosis, navigating complex health plan benefits and out-of-pocket costs, and experiencing delays due to insurance barriers.
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Combatting the Opioid Epidemic: Insights From the Front Lines
September 2nd 2024September is National Recovery Month, and we are bringing you another limited-edition month-long podcast series with our Strategic Alliance Partner, UPMC Health Plan. In this first episode, we speak with Michael Lynch, MD, associate professor of emergency medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and an attending emergency physician and medical toxicologist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
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Cost in Cardiovascular Care: ESC 2024
September 2nd 2024A heart failure program with a multidisciplinary team provides statistically significant improvements, and 2 countries determine the current prices of semaglutide are not cost-effective for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in patients with obesity, according to abstracts at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2024.
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New Data Suggest Screening Heart Disease by Identifying Plaque, Not Just Risk
September 2nd 2024"Now we can actually focus and look at the disease itself, treat the heart disease itself, which is the plaque in the coronary arteries, as opposed to treating the risk of disease," Amir Ahmadi, MD, Mount Sinai, says in an interview at the European Society for Cardiology Congress.
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The Fine Arts of Finerenone Use in Heart Failure
September 2nd 2024Finerenone's approval by the FDA to treat type 2 diabetes–associated chronic kidney disease was supported by data from the phase 2 FIDELIO-DKD trial; now, the results of FINEARTS-HF show real-world application for patients living with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction or mildly reduced ejection fraction.
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Dr Deepak Bhatt: Empagliflozin Shows No Increased Kidney Risk After Acute Myocardial Infarction
September 2nd 2024Deepak Bhatt, MD, Mount Sinai Heart, highlights the kidney-specific outcomes of the pivotal EMPACT-MI clinical trial in an interview at the 2024 European Society of Cardiology Congress.
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Tackling Obesity for Heart Health: A Global Weight Crisis
September 1st 2024The obesity epidemic is a global crisis, with experts from around the world emphasizing the importance of short-term strategies, long-term solutions, and multidisciplinary collaboration as they advocate for the heart health of their patients.
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