Dr Robert Gabbay on the Intersection of COVID-19 and Diabetes
February 11th 2022Robert A. Gabbay, MD, PhD, chief scientific and medical officer at the American Diabetes Association, shares his thoughts on long COVID-19 among those with type 2 diabetes and the rise of new-onset cases of type 1 diabetes throughout the pandemic.
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Dr Ted Mikuls on Gout Study: BMI Was Independent of Amputation Rate
February 11th 2022Ted Mikuls, MD, MSPH, Stokes-Shackleford professor of rheumatology, vice chair for research, internal medicine at the University of Nebraska, explains how lower extremity amputation among US veterans with gout was independent of body mass index (BMI) and other risk factors.
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VA Study: Patients Switching to Biosimilar Infliximab More Likely to Stop Treatment
February 11th 2022Physician and patient resistance to switching from an innovator or reference product to a biosimilar—or from one biosimilar to another—constitutes one of the major barriers to biosimilar adoption, despite the cost savings that can be achieved.
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Improving Models to Boost Prediction of CVD Issues in Patients With CKD
February 10th 2022Adding risk factors specific to patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) to risk prediction models for cardiovascular disease (CVD) could improve risk prediction capabilities for a population of patients often subject to invasive diagnostic procedures, investigators concluded.
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Dr Kenneth Cohen on Education, Tools to Reduce Low-Value Care
February 10th 2022Kenneth Cohen, MD, FACP, executive director of clinical research at UnitedHealth Group Research and Development and senior national medical director at OptumCare, discusses evidence-based education and other tools to address low-value care.
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What We’re Reading: COVID-19 Vaccines for Kids; Biden’s Domestic Agenda; Teva Opioid Settlement
February 10th 2022The CDC laid out a plan for mass rollout of COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5 years old, pending FDA authorization; President Biden pivots focus onto drug pricing to revive his social spending agenda; Teva opioid settlements could total $3.6 billion when all’s said and done.
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Developing PD at an Older Age Impacts Disease Course, Study Finds
February 10th 2022The researchers said they did the study with the aim of finding more information about the interaction between age and Parkinson disease (PD) in an effort to improve patient management and therapy development.
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Study Evaluates Impact of AE Severity on Health State Utility for CAR T Treatment in LBCL
February 9th 2022Health state utilities can be used to examine and compare the cost-effectiveness of the chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies for large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL) as more become available.
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Clinical, Economic Burden of Corneal Adverse Events in MM Is Low Compared With Total All-Cause Costs
February 9th 2022Researchers concluded that incident corneal adverse events in patients with multiple myeloma (MM) carry a low clinical and economic burden compared with total all-cause costs and MM-related per-patient-per-month costs.
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What We’re Reading: Global COVID-19 Cases Drop; J&J Vaccine Slowdown; Amazon Care Launches
February 9th 2022Worldwide COVID-19 cases drop by 17%, with deaths decreasing by 7%; Johnson & Johnson temporarily stopped COVID-19 vaccine production in the Netherlands; Amazon begins nationwide rollout of its telehealth service, Amazon Care.
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Updates to American College of Rheumatology's COVID-19 Vaccine Guidelines for RMD
February 9th 2022Version 5 of “COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Guidance Summary for Patients with Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases" includes updated recommendations that differentiate supplemental and booster doses for people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs).
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Arizona Introduces Revised Statutes Relating to Controlled Substances, Chronic Intractable Pain
February 8th 2022Arizona introduced revisions to a bill that provides protections for patients with chronic intractable pain, which passed unanimously from the Senate Health Committee to the full Senate and will go the House Health Committee for vote in the coming weeks.
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Postsurgery Factors Linked With Disease Control in Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps
February 8th 2022Patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps who had elevated serum amyloid A (SAA) levels were more likely to achieve disease-controlled status vs those with low SAA levels after endoscopic sinus surgery.
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