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Jill Hutt, vice president of member services at the Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health (GPBCH), explains why it is cost effective for employers to address employees' prediabetes.

A survey done by ResMed found that poor sleep quality was linked to depression, anxiety, and stress brought on by the pandemic.

Idaho legislature passed Texas-inspired abortion law banning the procedure after 6 weeks of pregnancy; patients who were bedridden with severe cases of COVID-19 had increased risks of anxiety and depression more than a year later; number of deaths by suicide in Japanese women rose for second straight year.

Longer-term findings of the Measure Up 1 and 2 studies showed the JAK inhibitor upadacitinib to be safe and effective after 52 weeks in the treatment of adults and adolescents with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis.

Ron Do, PhD, associate professor, Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Iain Forrest, MD-PhD candidate in Dr Do’s lab, discuss their hopes for their findings and how genetic data are being used in health care.

Researchers outlined trends in treatment and management for patients presenting to the emergency department with headaches.

A recent study found that an electronic tool that guides diagnosis and treatment can reduce mortality and improve processes of care.

Authors from the Community Oncology Alliance and Avalere Health present data that show breast cancer screening rates recovered more slowly among some racial/ethnic groups following on the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cardiac troponin I (cTnI) and N-terminal pro-brain-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) were associated with incident cardiovascular events in patients with psoriatic disease.

The FDA based its approval on OlympiA trial data, which show the PARP inhibitor has the ability to reduce risks of invasive breast cancer recurrence, second cancers, and death, and to improve overall survival.

Screening for colorectal cancer is an urgent priority for Americans aged 45 and older; low COVID-19 vaccine uptake was observed among US children aged 5 to 11 years in the first weeks of eligibility; WHO warns of increased alcohol consumption risk due to the pandemic.

As the United States awaits market introduction for adalimumab biosimilars in 2023, 2022 is going to be the year of expanding access to biosimilars, according to Julie M. Reed, the new executive director of the Biosimilars Forum.

The first in-person Community Oncology Alliance (COA) meeting in 2 years will feature sessions on practice management, health disparities, and more. A virtual option is available.

Kashyap Patel, MD, chief executive officer, Carolina Blood and Cancer Care Associations, and current president of the Community Oncology Alliance (COA), previews his discussion on health equity to be held at the 2022 Community Oncology Conference.

Patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) with severe radiographic disease were more likely to report incidence of nasal polyps and be managed by endoscopic sinus surgery, but did not show greater health care utilization.

Patients with polycythemia vera (PV) or essential thrombocythemia (ET) had a higher risk of thrombotic events than the general population, which was associated with mortality in a recent study.

Among patients with atopic dermatitis, the risk and severity of acne varied based on age and sex.

Robert Sidbury, MD, MPH, chief, Division of Dermatology, Seattle Children's Hospital, discussed the psychosocial and behavioral issues faced by patients with atopic dermatitis, particularly those with severe disease.

The mortality rate for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was greater than one-third if they were admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU).

This new investigation from the United Kingdom evaluated health care professionals’ (HCP) perceptions and implementation of practices that focus on open-source automated insulin delivery (OS-AID).

Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is still a new, rare disease and as such providers would benefit from more education about this condition, said Colette Romero, whose son has EoE.

Using telemedicine to monitor patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) initiating disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) was highly cost-effective and resulted in similar health outcomes compared with in-person monitoring.

Repolarization dispersion has been linked to echocardiographic measures of diastolic dysfunction in past research, and a recent study found it potentially indicative of pulmonary arterial hypertension severity.

Ron Do, PhD, associate professor, Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Iain Forrest, MD-PhD candidate in Dr Do’s lab, explain their study's implications for providers and how age plays a role in genetic variant penetrance.

Due to advances in the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), the lifespan of patients with the disease has increased significantly, allowing them to enter adulthood. However, the change in SMA prognosis has also led to a knowledge gap in the natural history, management, and treatment strategy for adult patients, according to the researchers.

Quality of life for children with asthma may be influenced by psychological and sociocultural determinants of health.

A retrospective, quasi-experimental study found that patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for acute respiratory failure (ARF) saw better outcomes when an inter-ICU transfer came within the first 2 days of admittance.

In this new analysis, results showed that CCL3, CXCL8, CXCL9, and CXCL10 may be indicators of disease severity.

Glenn Balasky, executive director of Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers, previewed topics and potential takeaways from his discussion on building a community oncology practice for the future at the 2022 Community Oncology Conference.