Potential Biomarkers Predict Disease Severity and Treatment Response in SMA
July 26th 2024Results from a single-center, observational, prospective study suggested that inflammatory markers could predict disease severity and treatment efficacy for patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).
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What We’re Reading: Reproductive Health Interest; ADA Anniversary; Confidential Teen Contraception
July 26th 2024The ending of the 2023 film “Barbie,” where she sees a gynecologist, has increased online search interest in gynecology; yesterday marked 34 years of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA); Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the Biden administration over Title X, a federal contraception program that provides teens birth control without parental consent.
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How Chevron’s Overturn Could Complicate the Health Policy Environment
July 25th 2024Legal and policy experts on a KFF webinar explained how the Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn the Chevron precedent will impact legislators, agencies, and courts as they interpret and enforce policies in the health care realm.
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Dr Diane Mahoney on Tackling Ovarian Cancer Care Disparities
July 25th 2024In part 2 of our interview, Diane Mahoney, PhD, DNP, FNP-BC, WHNP-BC, APRN, advocates for a multidisciplinary, community-centered approach to reduce ovarian cancer care disparities and stresses the need for ongoing exploration of social, biological, and environmental factors affecting health outcomes.
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A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that a group of Republican-led states do not have legal standing to impose restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone; the US infant mortality rate increased by 3% in 2022; a twice-yearly injection could prevent 100% of HIV infections.
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Risks, Benefits of Bilateral Mastectomy for Unilateral Breast Cancer
July 25th 2024Despite a significant increase in women with unilateral breast cancer who received a bilateral mastectomy, this study found no survival benefit compared with other treatment options. Although removing the unaffected breast reduces the risk of developing cancer in the other breast, results did not show decreased risk of death from breast cancer.
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Efanesoctocog Alfa Prophylaxis Promising for Pediatric Severe Hemophilia A
July 25th 2024The phase 3, international, open-label, single-group XTEND-Kids study concluded that children with severe hemophilia A younger than 12 years benefited from treatment with efanesoctocog alfa prophylaxis.
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Lisa Gomez Explains How EBSA Is Addressing Barriers to Minority Mental Health
July 24th 2024For Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, the Employee Benefits Security Agency (EBSA) in the US Department of Labor highlights the critical need to address mental health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities.
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Patient Response to Pirfenidone, Nintedanib for IPF Differs in Real World vs Trials
July 24th 2024While both drugs slowed down lung function decline in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), they were also linked to more deaths and increased incidence of acute exacerbation of IPF in real-world settings.
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What We're Reading: Congress Questions PBM Industry; Hospitals, MA Clash; Polio Risk in Gaza
July 24th 2024Lawmakers cross-examined pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) representatives during a Congressional hearing; the proportion of hospital inpatients covered by private Medicare Advantage (MA) plans is rapidly increasing; public health officials are concerned after poliovirus was found in sewage samples from Gaza.
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