Alison Rodriguez

Study authors suggested that future research involve developing and testing strategies for business investment in building healthier communities.

Despite advances in therapies for diabetes, those living with the disease are not faring better in reaching treatment targets due to lack of access to care, starting with the ability to be properly diagnosed.

Chronic pain, obesity and cancer, multiple myeloma patterns, pancreatic cancer screening updates, and more.

The researchers called for more work to discover specific exposures in patients with leukemia that lead to infections after treatment ends.

A screening test could be used in clinical trials on prevention of the disease.

As survival rates for malignant melanoma increase, so does the likelihood that some patients will develop second primary cancers.

The authors said their study shows that implementing migraine guidelines into day-to-day clinical practice needs improvement.

Asthma adversely affects the everyday lives of many individuals regardless of long-term maintenance medication, according to a study evaluating the association of time spent at work and adverse asthma effects.

The number of families enrolling their children in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program continues to increase, emphasizing the need for policies to recognize the role of public insurance as costs for private insurance continue to grow, according to a study published in Health Affairs.

A new study aimed to examine the effectiveness of lasmiditan when used with migraine preventives compared to those who do not use migraine preventives.

The study found that the advantage was due to factors that affect hospital safety, which were present before affiliation and increased afterward.

CMS is considering hosptial-acquired acute kidney injury as a quality measure, and the study offers a model using electronic health records that could help predict imminent risk of this condition using readily available laboratory values.

Researchers said the results demonstrate the effectiveness of Botox as well as emphasize the importance of real-world data and approaches for establishing the efficacy of a treatment for migraine.

Health-related workplace absenteeism may provide additional information about the extent of influenza sickness in the working-age population, a CDC report said.

The participation in workplace health promotion programs (WHPPs) varies depending on sociodemographics and occupation, suggesting the need for employers to adjust their WHPPs for maximum participation, according to research.

Researchers from Houston Methodist Cancer Center and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center said they demonstrated a new monoclonal antibody blocked ovarian and pancreatic tumor activity in mice.

The amount of riboflavin (vitamin B2) consumed through one’s diet may have an impact on migraine.

Genetics are believed to play a role in who develops diabetic retinopathy, because many patients live for years with diabetes and never develop the ocular condition.

Although smoking cigarettes is thought of as being the most prevalent—yet preventable—cancer risk, new data suggests people who are obese now outnumber people who smoke, with excess weight causing more cases of certain cancers than smoking in the United Kingdom.

With the FDA approval of a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) expanding the use of avatrombopag (Doptelet) for patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), Dova Pharmaceuticals said recently it will begin marketing the drug for the new indication in the middle of July.

Migraine affects many individuals worldwide, yet many patients remain undiagnosed or undertreated, highlighting a widespread, unmet need that calls for new drugs and pathways for migraine treatment.

An exercise-focused intervention may be effective for improving mental health, work ability, and productivity outcomes while reducing metabolic syndrome severity for individuals at a high risk for cardiovascular and metabolic disease, according to researchers.

Low back pain is a common cause of disability globally and represents a significant economic burden for patients. According to a recent study, digital versions of pain assessments, such as mobile applications, may be as effective and reliable as paper methods that are currently used to assess pain.

After investigating why patients with HIV have higher rates of cancer than the general population, researchers identified how T-cells move and multiply to invade other cells in these patients.

A recent report, published by the Annals of the American Thoracic Society, assessed trends in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) hospitalizations and in-hospital deaths in the United States and found that the number of in-hospital deaths for COPD has decreased; however, women account for a higher proportion of the hospitalizations and in-hospital deaths.

Exmaning an assessment of data from the 2016 Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors study, researchers found that headache disorders, specifically migraine, are important causes of disability worldwide and therefore require more attention in health policy debates and greater resources for research.

Depression and anxiety can be present with cognitive impairment in migraine, but neither can completely explain it.

A recent study aimed to identify the characteristics of patients who demonstrate the greatest exacerbation risk reduction with roflumilast, finding that the medication is most successful in patients with prior hospitalization, greater exacerbation frequency, and higher baseline blood eosinophil count.

Patients who visit the emergency department for pain are often asked to categorize their pain level using a visual scale of numbered faces. However, a recent study suggests the efficacy of a more empirical approach, through the use of an electroencephalography (EEG)-based test, that would be beneficial for both patients and physicians.