Governor Ron DeSantis signs 6-week abortion ban in Florida; Juul will pay Washington, DC, over $15 million as part of a settlement alleging the company marketed its products to teens; death counts attributed to malnutrition more than doubled from 2018 through 2022, with most deaths occurring to Californians 85 and older in 2022.
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Sacubitril/Valsartan Likely to Improve Pre-HFpEF Outcomes vs Valsartan Alone
April 13th 2023At present, there are no approved therapies for pre–heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (pre-HFpEF); instead, cardiovascular risk factor management is often utilized in this patient population.
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What We’re Reading: Restricted Abortion Pill; Cigna Drug Price Transparency; New Parkinson Research
April 13th 2023Judges reverted steps to make abortion pill mifepristone more accessible, but it is still available; Cigna Group will be offering an option for members that allows more visibility into manufacturer drug pricing and discounts; new research on Parkinson disease could lead to new diagnostics and treatments.
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Despite Potential Benefits, Barriers to CAR T-Cell Therapy for DLBCL Persist
April 13th 2023Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies have shown efficacy and safety for relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), but barriers to referral may obstruct patient access to them.
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Ixazomib Shows PFS Benefit Across Age and Frailty Subgroups in Multiple Myeloma
April 12th 2023A secondary analysis of the phase 3 TOURMALINE-MM4 trial found that ixazomib as postinduction maintenance therapy for multiple myeloma produced a progression-free survival (PFS) benefit vs a placebo across age and frailty subgroups.
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Association With Autoimmune Diseases Differs Between Epilepsy Types
April 12th 2023The researchers of a single-center study found that the relationships between epilepsy and autoimmune diseases may be a result of the different etiopathogenetic mechanisms that underly seizure development in each syndrome.
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Higher Rates of Respiratory Support Needed in Patients Admitted With RSV
April 10th 2023Patients who were admitted to the hospital for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) had a higher risk of a complex hospital course and had higher rates of respiratory support compared with patients admitted for influenza.
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