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Pain screening in young patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) has demonstrated benefits for the administration of integrative health and medicine modalities for pain management.

Medicare beneficiaries are beginning to see the first savings from the Inflation Reduction Act; abortion pills prescribed to patients via telehealth and the mail are safe; nearly half of health care workers have witnessed racism or discrimination in their workplace.

Swedish women with prior false-positive mammograms, particularly those aged 60 to 75 with prior biopsies and low density, show elevated breast cancer risk, necessitating closer monitoring and better screening.

Coverage of our peer-reviewed research and news reporting in the health care and mainstream press.

Carrie Kozlowski, OT, MBA, chief operating officer and cofounder of Upfront Healthcare, explains how the company emphasizes personalized engagement to overcome technological, cultural, and social barriers while Medicaid disenrollment rates are increasing.

The combination of daratumumab and immumodulatory therapy was evaluated among patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) who have failed prior treatment with immunomodulatory agents, proteasome inhibitors, and daratumumab as monotherapy or in combination.

Coverage from the session, "Which Comes First? Bispecifics, CAR T-Cell Therapy, and Cost Consideration in Sequencing,” at Patient-Centered Oncology Care 2023.

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and reduced physical activity showed a higher risk of emergency department visits or hospitalizations in a recent study.

Radiology needs to be more effectively incorporated into value-based care in order for patients to receive quality treatment for various conditions.

Details from the final interim data analysis of the ADAPT+ study confirm previous findings seen with efgartigimod (Vyvgart) in generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG), the rare neuromuscular autoimmune disease.

Researchers found significant associations between individual patterns and preferences for sleeping and their biological, phenotypical age.

The Federal Trade Commission and HHS will examine generic drug shortage causes; the Biden administration recently dedicated an additional $515 million to a major initiative to study long COVID; cybersecurity experts warn that US hospitals are at risk for attacks and the government is doing little to prevent such breaches.

For this analysis, investigators used metagenomic sequencing files from the Gut Bugs trial, a placebo-controlled multidonor fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) trial conducted among adolescents classified as obese.

Pregnant women who are living with HIV are underrepresented in studies on the efficacy of vaccines, leading to difficult policy decisions for this population.

Although the prevalence of myocardial infarction (MI) was doubled among men compared with women with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH), both sexes had similar ages at first MI.

Adult patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis (AD) had a 1-year and 1.5-year upadacitinib drug survival of 91.5% and 80.2%, respectively.

New research explores T cells and their signaling pathways in alopecia areata (AA), highlighting promising drug targets for future treatment.

It is important to study the safety of targeted therapies in populations at increased risk of skin cancer, according to the researchers.

Non-Caucasian patients with breast cancer face common influences in surgical decision-making due to fear, misinformation, cultural factors, and power dynamics, highlighting the need for patient-centered surgical decision-making.

Experts discussed the Enhancing Oncology Model and themes in the movement toward value-based care in oncology during Patient-Centered Oncology Care 2023.

The former NFL running back shared his story of overcoming cancer and encouraged an audience of oncologists, pharmacists, payers, and policy leaders to continue pushing to advance cancer treatment.

Researchers have identified a surge in breast cancer rates among young women and racial disparities across age groups.

These findings suggest complement protein levels may be an important biomarker for type 1 diabetes.

Coverage from the discussion, "Cancer Genomics: The Gateway to Access and Health Equity” on the first day of Patient-Centered Oncology Care 2023.

Part of the recent Medicare reimbursement cuts could be addressed in a spending package next month; Medicaid/Medicare dual eligibles are expected to generate big profits for health insurers; FDA sent warning letters to online vendors selling unapproved and misbranded versions of semaglutide and tirzepatide.

Investigators analyzed global, national, and regional trends in acute myeloid leukemia (AML), which predominantly affects individuals aged 60 to 89 years.

A review and meta-analysis found mirvetuximab soravtansine to have encouraging efficacy and a tolerable safety profile in patients with recurrent ovarian cancer with folate receptor alpha (FRα) expression.

Ten of 13 patients with leukemic pulmonary infiltrates (LPI) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) had single or multiple nodular/mass-like opacities, authors found.

The Momentum trial from Sarepta Therapeutics is investigating SRP-5051 (vesleteplirsen) for use among male patients aged 8 to 21 years who have Duchenne muscular dystrophy amenable to exon 51 skipping.

"I'll say what I don't think the issue is—it's not technology. We can solve this problem with technology," Carrie Kozlowski, OT, MBA, explains in the interview.