Time-Restricted Eating Improves Glucose Control for Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
July 29th 2022Following a time-restricted eating schedule, limited to a 10-hour window, provides beneficial metabolic effects and the potential for weight loss in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a new study.
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Coughing Triggered by Mechanical Stimulation Suggests New Type of Cough Sensitization
July 28th 2022Mechanical stimulation, including finger pressure on discrete areas of the chest wall and neck, triggered reproducible coughing in about 50% of patients with chronic cough, indicating that chronic cough may be caused by the central convergence of somatic and visceral neural stimuli.
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Linked Color Imaging May Improve Diagnostic Accuracy for Eosinophilic Esophagitis
July 28th 2022Diagnostic accuracy for eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) was higher when white light images were used with linked color imaging rather than alone, suggesting that linked color imaging may be used to reduce diagnostic disparities among endoscopists.
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Registries Highlight the Needs of Patients With COPD in Primary Care
July 28th 2022US patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) managed in primary care settings have high exacerbations, symptoms, and treatment burdens, according to an analysis of electronic health record data and patient-reported information/outcomes.
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Dr Elaine Goodman Discusses Changes in Health Care Technologies, Patient Engagement
July 28th 2022Elaine Goodman, MD, MBA, clinical lead for population health management at Mass General Brigham, explains how patient access and engagement with health technologies, and the ways these technologies are developed, has evolved.
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Early Use of Novel Therapies in Multiple Myeloma Could Target Bone Marrow Microenvironment
July 28th 2022Authors explained how multiple myeloma emerges from earlier clinical phases and the tumor’s microenvironment in the early course of the disease plays a critical role in the survival of myeloma cells.
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Senator Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, ended his opposition to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, paving the way for reductions in some Affordable Care Act subsidies and action on drug pricing; AbbVie’s Allergan agreed to pay more than $2 billion in opioid settlements; a study found vitamin D supplements do not reduce bone fracture risk.
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Contributor: Giving Clinicians Top-line Data to Help Manage Chronic Conditions
July 28th 2022To accurately understand the progression or control of a condition, physicians require ready access to key indicators relevant to that illness. The industry should do a better job of making them available.
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Bacteria Behind Rare Disease Melioidosis Found in US for First Time
July 27th 2022For the first time, the CDC has identified in Mississippi dirt and water samples a bacteria that causes a rare and sometimes fatal disease called melioidosis, which is common in low-income tropical countries and one that scientists have been warning about for several years.
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US Monkeypox Cases Number Nearly 3600 as HHS Approves Additional Vaccine
July 27th 2022The number of monkeypox cases in the United States is close to 3600, the CDC said this week, and on Wednesday, HHS approved a supplement to the biologics license for a vaccine made by Bavarian Nordic to prevent smallpox and monkeypox.
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Teva Pharmaceuticals tentatively agreed to a $4.25 billion settlement related to opioids; CMS released the Maternity Care Action Plan to improve maternal health outcomes and reduce inequities; a Texas lawsuit claims mandatory pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) coverage violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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After Transplant, City of Hope Patient in Long-term Remission From HIV and Leukemia
July 27th 2022City of Hope has announced that a patient living with HIV, who received a stem cell transplant from an unrelated donor to treat acute myelogenous leukemia, has been in remission from both diseases since 2019.
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Contributor: How Medication Risk Scores Improve Health for Medicare Beneficiaries
July 27th 2022Medication risk scores analyze an individual’s medication regimen to look for the potential for simultaneous, multi-drug interactions, which can cause adverse drug events and other medication-related harms.
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A Biden administration proposal would prohibit health discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity; hepatitis cases in children may result from 2 viruses causing liver inflammation; Court of Appeals rules against Pfizer’s effort to directly pay copays for their heart failure medications.
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