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Eli Lilly announced it will automatically cap out-of-pocket (OOP) costs at $35 at participating retail pharmacies for Americans with commercial insurance using some of its insulin products.

Just 26 cases have been reported in which myasthenia gravis (MG) symptoms appeared following vaccination.

Outcomes from the loop diuretics were compared in this analysis, with study participants from the TRANSFORM-HF trial matched 1:1, all having been hospitalized for either do novo disease or worsening chronic disease.

Research found that patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) have worse in-hospital clinical outcomes if they also have diabetes, especially type 1.

A diagnostic algorithm was evaluated for its ability to gauge the presence of asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), in a new analysis.

Merck ends a prostate cancer study involving pembrolizumab; a little-known nervous system condition is affecting some patients after COVID-19 infection; the artificial sweetener erythritol might increase risk of heart attack and stroke, according to a preliminary study.

Jeremy Wigginton, MD, vice president of health quality and innovation at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, explains how the company works with employers to prevent and manage diabetes.

The Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation and IQVIA are partners in the development of the ADPKD Registry, which is tracking longitudinal quality-of-life information from patients across North America.

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Elizabeth Cuevas, MD, division chief of Allegheny Health Network’s (AHN) Center for Inclusion Health, on prevalent health inequities facing marginalized communities and strategies to identify and address these issues.

While repetitive nerve stimulation (RNS) remains a mainstay of myasthenia gravis diagnosis, investigators said it does not appear to yield prognostic insights.

Features of polycythemia vera (PV) can easily be misattributed to other causes, such as iron depletion or arterial hypertension.

A review found that adverse neonatal and maternal outcomes were not associated with COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy.

A new investigation blames the COVID-19 pandemic on a leak from a laboratory in China; Colorado proposes co-pay limits for EpiPens; the first at-home flu and COVID-19 test maker, Lucira Health, declares bankruptcy.

Overall survival, cancer-specific survival and progression-free survival were all negatively affected by elevated C-reactive protein levels, this study found.

David A. Eagle, MD, New York Cancer & Blood Specialists, discusses the present state of treatment for cancer, which often sees patient financial concerns outweighed by the cost of treatment.

A Cardinal Health report reviewed the potential impact biosimilars will have in rheumatology, gastroenterology, dermatology, and ophthalmology.

The approach for cardiovascular disease (CVD) was based on expert opinion, personal experience, and adaptation of evidence from people who did not have hemophilia.

Study findings offer insight into how exercise intolerance varies among subgroups of pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with congenital heart disease (PAH-CHD), as previous data have characterized impaired exercise tolerance among PAH-CHD as a whole.

In this interview, Lee Greenberger, PhD, chief scientific officer of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, discusses key takeaways from using social media to grow a leukemia and lymphoma registry.

In this analysis, evidence was reviewed for the effectiveness of intranasal corticosteroids, biologics, and aspirin therapy after desensitization use among patients who have chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis (CRSwNP).

A global case series described a severe form of mpox linked to a 15% mortality rate among people living with HIV and low CD4 counts.

Richard Allen, MD, PhD, FACS, professor at Baylor College of Medicine, reviewed the challenges of oculoplastic surgery in pediatric patients.

The article suggests the inflammatory components of myasthenia gravis have been underexplored in the effort to develop new therapies.

Court decision could ban abortion pill, mifepristone, nationwide; Illinois gears up to fight mental health crisis among children; CMS rejects expanded coverage for Alzheimer drug, Leqembi.

Having a diagnostic model that leverages artificial intelligence could fill a gap in the pulmonary hypertension (PH) diagnostic pathway, as there are currently just 2 validated screening algorithms for PH.

Higher levels of self-perceived stress were negatively associated with Antral Follicle Count (AFC) and serum anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) levels in women seeking fertility care.

Coverage of our peer-reviewed research and news reporting in the health care and mainstream press.

Efanesoctocog alfa is the first factor VIII therapy to overcome the interaction with endogenous von Willebrand factor, which creates a ceiling of 8 to 19 hours on the half-life of current factor VIII replacement products, which in turn creates the need for more frequent dosing.

The latest research to look at the links between Parkinson disease and air pollution said the Rocky Mountain region and the Mississippi-Ohio River Valley appeared to be the most affected.

A newly published national report reveals a lack of financing, a shrinking workforce, gaps in care access, and nearly no federal funding for research within the US primary care space.