What We’re Reading: Paying to Quit Substance Use; Census Undercounts; Global COVID-19 Toll
March 11th 2022A new opinion indicates paying those with substance use disorder to stay clean could be legal; the 2020 Census undercounted some racial minorities; the true global COVID-19 death toll could be 3 times higher than the official tally.
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Dr Soumya Chakravarty Discusses Impact of Diagnostic Delays for Psoriatic Arthritis
March 11th 2022Soumya Chakravarty, MD, PhD, FACP, FACR, strategic lead, Rheumatology Therapeutic Area at Janssen, spoke on adverse patient outcomes caused by diagnostic delays in psoriatic arthritis and progress made to address this unmet need.
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Dr David Penberthy on ACCC Presidential Theme, Discussions for Next Year’s Meeting
March 10th 2022David Penberthy, MD, MBA, medical director of radiation oncology at Southside Regional Medical Center, discusses his theme as president-elect of the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) and what initiatives and discussions he looks forward to addressing over the next year.
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HIV-1 Virulence Appears More Potent Among Heterosexual Individuals
March 10th 2022This new study evaluated the influence of transmission bottlenecks on HIV-1 infection virulence by comparing outcomes between penile-vaginal intercourse and anal intercourse, and found more severe disease among heterosexual individuals compared with men who have sex with men.
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The House passes a $1.5 trillion spending package that does away with pandemic relief and adds the Violence Against Women Act; Purdue awaits a judge’s approval for a $6 billion settlement for its opioid case; redlining laws led to 45 million Americans breathing dirtier air decades after they were removed.
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Patients With OAD and SMI Can Benefit From Integrated Personal Health and Social Care Interventions
March 10th 2022People who have both severe mental illness (SMI) and obstructive airways disease (OAD) experience extraordinary disability and isolation, which leads to a lack of access to care and increased use of urgent care.
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A DCIS Diagnosis Introduces Physical, Emotional Uncertainty for Many Women
March 10th 2022This new study focused on the patient perspective following a diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a noninvasive type of breast cancer also referred to as stage 0 or pre-cancer, as well as their concerns over follow-up
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Skin Barrier Function in Moderate to Severe AD Significantly Improved With Dupilumab
March 9th 2022Dupilumab was shown to significantly improve factors of skin barrier function, including transepidermal water loss, lipid composition, and filaggrin, among patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis.
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Pfizer will begin phase 2 and 3 trials of its COVID-19 antiviral pill in children 6 years and older; lawmakers respond after e-cigarette companies began using unregulated synthetic nicotine to get around FDA regulation; the American College of Rheumatology released a new guideline on the management of Kawasaki disease.
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Worsened Heart Failure Mortality Seen in Presence of Hyperlactatemia
March 8th 2022A new study of patients receiving care for acute heart failure at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, Israel, investigated how their clinical outcomes might be affected by elevated lactate levels and primary acid-base disorders.
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Study Finds Decorin May Have Protective Effect in Multiple Myeloma
March 8th 2022Decorin, a highly conserved, class 1 small leucine-rich repeat proteoglycan expressed in the extracellular matrix, may have a protective effect in a subset of patients with multiple myeloma, investigators concluded.
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Caravan Health’s Tim Gronniger on Boosting ACO Participation
March 8th 2022On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with Tim Gronniger, the CEO of Caravan Health, about what to look for as accountable care organizations (ACOs) and policy makers try to encourage more providers to join value-based care arrangements.
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Patients With CRSwNP, Comorbidities at Greater Risk for Revision Sinus Surgery
March 8th 2022Patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) who have comorbidities were more likely than those without co-occuring conditions to require revision endoscopic sinus surgery over a 10-year period.
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