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After recent policy changes removing most medical debts from credit reports, Americans are seeing their credit scores increase, but experts warn of the need to monitor billing and collection practices for unintended consequences.

Provisional CDC data show that US babies gained roughly a year in life expectancy in 2022; study findings indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic significantly raised the risk of preterm birth for expectant California mothers; New York Attorney General Letitia James said about 4 million New Yorkers were affected by a data breach of the medical transcription company Perry Johnson & Associates.

Electronic nicotine devices, originally marketed to help smokers quit cigarettes, have resulted in a worldwide outbreak of adolescent nicotine consumers.

Findings show breathing sounds recorded by smartphones during sleep at home can reliably identify obstructive sleep apnea, presenting an innovative and accessible alternative to traditional in-laboratory polysomnography.

Safety-net programs need to not only be budgeted for but also aimed at the right people to ensure receipt of proper health care.

Data are scarce on the impact that breast cancer among mothers has on their children and their emotional development due to parenting stress and maternal depression.

If finalized, these proposals will generally take effect on January 1, 2025, unless otherwise noted.

Patients with diabetic macular edema could be treated with brolucizumab with as much effectiveness as aflibercept.

A nationwide cohort study linked biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs with decreased risks for the onset of autoimmune thyroid disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

The Biden administration plans to utilize the Defense Production Act to boost essential medicine manufacturing; a landmark case challenges Texas abortion laws; reports of the BA.2.86 variant of SARS-CoV-2 have nearly tripled in the United States.

Early CT screening leads to a 20-year lung cancer survival rate of 81%.

Desmoid tumors are noncancerous growths that appear in connective tissue, most often on the arms, legs, and abdomen. Aggressive tumors must be treated with surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy to keep them from growing into nearby organs, which can make them life threatening. They can cause pain and disfigurement, and they can reduce functioning and quality of life.

Patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) who had diagnosed metachronous metastasis had longer overall survival when the primary tumor was detected through screening.

Triple therapy may improve asthma symptoms, particularly among patients requiring systemic corticosteroids to treat severe exacerbations, a study finds.

Education, psychological support, and implementation guidance are the top unmet needs identified by investigators from the United Kingdom concerning gene therapy use for hemophilia.

Patients with myelodysplastic syndrome harboring a TP53 mutation experienced a survival benefit with allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation compared with non-HCT treatment regardless of TP53 allelic status.

Health-related quality of life was found to be associated with poverty status through parenting stress in children with sickle cell disease (SCD).

Lawsuits target initiatives aimed at reducing racial disparities; less than 10% of trials for COVID-19 treatments included children in the first 3 years of the pandemic; the World Health Organization requests more information on increased respiratory illnesses in China.

As part of updates to its standard formulary, CVS Caremark has removed Amjevita and now prefers Hyrimoz and an unbranded biosimilar.

A population-based study found that out-of-hospital cardiac arrest events resulting from drug overdoses have significantly increased from 2015 to 2021, particularly among patients who have taken a combination of stimulants and opioids.

Managing toxicities for patients on immunotherapy requires collaboration with specialists to manage specific organ toxicities and moving beyond steroids, according to a presentation at the ESMO Congress 2023.

Patients with relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma have experienced event-free survival and overall survival benefits due to advances in second-line treatment approaches over time.

Jeffrey Sippel, MD, MPH, addresses the increasing denial of insurance claims for non-invasive ventilators (NIV) in Medicare Advantage plans, particularly impacting ALS patients, emphasizing the time crunch on patients, and criticizing the financial focus over patients' well-being.

Neoadjuvant cemiplimab followed by surgery resulted in favorable survival outcomes for patients with resectable stage II to IV cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC), addressing an area of unmet need, explained Neil D. Gross, MD, FACS, of MD Anderson.

A network meta-analysis confirmed the efficacy of methotrexate for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and validated it as the primary reference conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug for treatment in this population.

A new study presented at this year’s American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting highlights the need for mental health support in patients with atopic dermatitis (AD).

In a trial assessing subcutaneous OCTA101 in patients with severe hemophilia A, promising results in pharmacokinetics and efficacy were overshadowed by safety concerns.

Despite common assumptions, smoking prevalence in individuals relies on sociodemographic disparities rather than health disparities.

The therapy is already being evaluated in patients with lupus nephritis and diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis.

Depression symptoms are often underdiagnosed and undertreated in patients with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, contributing to a worsened quality of life (QOL). However, a recent study found that depression, functional impairment, and worsened QOL are related.