Allison Inserro

A retrospective chart review examining demographic characteristics of children and adolescents receiving infusions at an outpatient center for prolonged headache found that their migraines were more disabling and resulted in lower quality of life than those who did not seek treatment at a center.

Using a form of artificial intelligence called natural language processing (NLP) to mine information in electronic health records (EHRs) can uncover early cases of childhood asthma more quickly, reducing the long-term morbidity of this chronic disease, improve current care, and streamline and advance new therapeutic discoveries.

At the American Medical Association headquarters Monday, HHS Secretary Alex Azar and CMS Administrator Seema Verma announced 5 new Medicare primary care payment models designed to eventually incentivize the entire healthcare system to transition to value-based care, particulary for patients with chronic conditions.

Splenectomy before allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) might be a promising option in patients with myelofibrosis (MF) who failed to achieve significant spleen response after ruxolitinib therapy, according to results from a recently published study.

Locations in Ohio, Kentucky, New York, and Massachusetts were selected for an opioid abuse prevention and treatment initiatives as part of a multimillion dollar interagency federal research effort, led by the National Institutes of Health.

Heart disease was the number one reason for “excess deaths” after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico in September 2017.

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Two Democratic members of Congress introduced a bill this week aimed at reversing the increase in vaping among children and teenagers by raising the minimum purchasing age for all tobacco products to 21 years old, among other things.

Researchers recently found a 2-way association between onset of fibromyalgia (FM) and that of migraine in patients with migraine and those with FM, respectively.

For endocrinologists, a cardiologist, a diabetes educator, and a room full of fellow health workers, the cost of doing nothing—not just to treat diabetes, but also to prevent it— is what feeds into the exorbitant cost of the disease, according to presentations and a panel at the inaugural meeting of the Institute for Value Based Medicine (IVBM) in Diabetes, an initiative of The American Journal of Managed Care®.

It's been about a year since the FDA approved the first in a new type of drug to prevent migraines. Here are 5 ways migraines impact patients, from workplace issues to other related health conditions.

The United States ranks highly in a global study examining traffic-related pollution and new cases of childhood asthma, and the authors suggest that pollution guidelines may need to be re-evaluated, since most affected children live in areas where pollution falls within current limits.

Pharmacy benefit manager executives told members of the Senate Finance Committee that rebates are not the cause of high drug prices, and that more must be done to end evergreening and pay-for-delay tactics. Senators were skeptical.

Oncologists and hematologists are welcoming a clarification from the CDC about the use of opioid pain relief for patients with cancer, past cancer, or sickle cell disease, and they are hopeful that payers see the update so that patients in pain are not denied or delayed relief.

"Watch and wait” is typically used first for asymptomatic patients with myelofibrosis, according to a retrospective review of management strategies from the United Kingdom.

There may be a difference between controlled burns and wildfires on one’s immune system.

The Leapfrog Group has launched its first annual survey on patient safety and quality in ambulatory surgery centers.

Cigna and its pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts said they are launching a program for patients with diabetes in its commercial plans so that they pay no more than $25 for a 30-day supply of insulin.

A House of Representatives subcommittee heard from stakeholders about the impact of the rising cost of insulin.

The availability and affordability of healthcare is the most pressing concern of Americans, Gallup says in latest poll.

A recent literature review assessed the efficacy of beta-blockers to prevent migraine and tension headache. It found that propranolol worked better than placebo for episodic migraine headaches, but the evidence for efficacy in tension headaches was limited.

Researchers from South Korea said they have developed a next-generation sequencing (NGS) assay to detect somatic mutations, translocations, and germline mutations in a single assay for the purpose of supplementing or replacing conventional tests in patients with myeloid neoplasms.

Recent work looking at the response to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy given before surgery for advanced melanoma found increased infiltration of B cells, a type of white blood cell, in patients who responded to therapy compared with those who did not.

Another federal district court judge has handed the Trump administration a major defeat this week in its attempts to redo rules about US health insurance, saying that its efforts to expand association health plans (AHPs) were “clearly an end-run” around the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

If used properly, artificial intelligence will restore the human connection between doctors and patients, says Eric Topol, MD.

A presentation of a meta-analysis at ENDO 2019 said losing weight can help improve migraines.

House Democrats introduced a bill that aims to protect the patient protections enshrined in the Affordable Care Act.

Recently published consensus recommendations discuss analytical antiretroviral treatment interruption (ATI), including who can be included and excluded and when to restart antiretroviral therapy (ART).

A recent study found that patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms living in the United Kingdom, as well as their doctors, felt more burdened by the disease than other patients and providers in other parts of the world.