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Learn more about the 2025 Physician Fee Schedule, new health equity initiatives, improving maternal health, and pharmaceutical innovations at the Center on Health Equity & Access.

Results from a national survey of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and their families found that patients and families want to be informed early about endocrine complications associated with glucocorticoid treatment.

A multicenter pilot study concluded that dual therapy in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) does not provide further benefits to infants at risk for SMA type 1.

Patients with both diabetes and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) have about 1.5 times higher total direct health care expenditures than those without diabetes.

The 2025 Physician Fee Schedule includes a conversion factor reduction, expanded behavioral health services, extended telehealth waivers, new Quality Payment Program pathways, and measures to address suspect billing, alongside a Biden administration initiative introducing federal maternal health standards for hospitals.

A new study has found that myasthenia gravis does not affect the long-term prognosis of patients with thymoma.

Rachel Dalthorp, MD, explains that zuranolone is recommended as the first-line medication, alongside psychotherapy, to effectively manage postpartum depression (PPD) and mitigate long-term impacts.

While there have been advances in screening technology, it is crucial to continue investing in emerging modalities and to ensure these advancements translate to clinical practice.

Despite extensive research into patient-level differences in antidepressant treatment outcomes, the variability among clinicians themselves hasn’t been thoroughly evaluated.

Researchers collected feedback from 20 clinicians implementing a telehealth serious illness conversation (SIC) with their patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).

Patients with axial spondyloarthritis who took part in exercise therapy showed improvements in disease activity and symptoms compared with patients who did not, a meta-analysis found.

In 2024, physicians face significant financial challenges due to declining Medicare reimbursement rates and high student loan interest rates, which will impact health care delivery and access.

In this new analysis, investigators review the late adverse events associated with anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy for relapsed/refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

To conclude our interview with him, Ravin Ratan, MD, MEd, of MD Anderson, explains the importance of caring for all patients and why he tries to own the process of patients feeling confident that they received the attention they deserve.

AJMC's Center on Health Equity & Access shares new developments in HIV treatment, gynecological and multidisciplinary cancer care, and health care barriers faced by older Americans.

Both appendicular lean mass and fat mass index accounted for unique variance in motor function after controlling for age in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).

Between 2016 and 2021, the percentage of screening colonoscopies performed by a family physician saw a decrease across the country.

Pain improvement was associated with remission or low disease activity in patients undergoing treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, a study found.

The addition of PD-1 inhibitors to first-line treatment with transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) plus lenvatinib for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Michael Thorpy, MD, professor of neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, discusses the hopeful future of treatment in idiopathic hypersomnia.

Sindhuja Kadambi, MD, MS, University of Rochester Medical Center, discussed in detail the unique considerations necessary for oncology care in the aging population.

In a recently published systematic review, researchers determined that VEXAS (vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory, somatic) syndrome typically presents in men, with atypical morphology and with systemic symptoms.

The FIREFISH study showed that most children with type I spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) maintained or improved motor functions and feeding abilities over 5 years when treated with risdiplam.

Dedifferentiated liposarcoma is a fast-growing and more aggressive type of soft tissue sarcoma that originates as a well-differentiated sarcoma and has a typical diagnosis age of 40 to 60 years.

Matthew Callister, MD, Banner Health, discusses the advantage of value-based oncology care as a platform for collaboration.

For patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), crovalimab has emerged as an additional treatment option with a similar safety and efficacy profile to eculizumab,

Early tests show stem cells can be used to spark expression of a miniature version of the dystrophin protein.

Preexisting spinal damage and higher levels of inflammatory activity at baseline were linked with radiographic progression in axial spondyloarthritis treated with biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs over 2 years regardless of treatment type.

A 43-year-old woman had 2 myasthenic crises within 3 months, with both taking place shortly after exposure to hair dye containing methylisothiazolinone (MIT).

New research reveals that elevated lipoprotein(a) and oxidized phospholipids are independent risk factors for early-stage heart failure progression.