Jaime Rosenberg

Patients with neutropenia who have multidrug-resistant organisms have better rates of overall survival when receiving granulocyte transfusions within 7 days of neutropenic sepsis.

Mutual of Omaha has agreed to no longer deny life insurance and long-term insurance to people using Truvada for HIV prevention following allegations of discrimination in 2 separate settlements.

An analysis of 6 studies found an increased risk of all-cause dementia among patients with any headache. However, no association was found between headache and Alzheimer disease.

Less than two-thirds of women aged 30 to 65 years were up to date with cervical cancer screenings in 2016. The percentage was even lower for women aged 21 to 29, with just over half up to date on screenings.

During the 37th Annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, California, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, offered details on the addition of a new office of drug development science that he said will bring more structure to the drug review process.

A new study comparing 2 risk stratification models found that the Clinical Index of Stable Febrile Neutropenia (CISNE) Model is useful for identifying low-risk patients with febrile neutropenia, but the combination of the CISNE Model with the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer Risk Index Score may help emergency physicians cope with febrile neutropenia more confidently.

While rising costs of brand-name drugs are largely a result of existing drug price inflation, rising costs of specialty drugs and generics are mostly driven by new product entry.

Using state-level surveillance data of reported HIV and syphilis cases among men who have sex with men (MSM), researchers found a widely disparate impact of HIV and syphilis among black and Hispanic MSM compared with white MSM.

Bristol-Meyers Squibb (BMS) and Celgene kicked off the 37th Annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference by discussing their leading drugs, near-term launches, and early pipeline assets.

People living with HIV are at a greater risk for incident heart failure, with those with higher viral loads and lower CD4+ T cell counts having the greatest risk.

A meta-analysis of 17 studies finds that botulinum toxin (Botox) is superior to placebo for the prophylactic treatment of chronic migraine.

Assessing the alternation of first-line antibiotics to avoid antibiotic resistance, researchers have determined that the strategy results in an increase in heterogeneity without increasing mortality.

Quality of life (QOL) in at-risk individuals starting pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention is similar to that in the general population and is maintained over time.

As the US healthcare system continues to go through major shifts in policy and care delivery, 2018 saw several trends that remained prevalent throughout the year and will likely have significant implications for 2019.

Researchers have found that sleep disorders, especially insomnia, can impact the prevalence of migraine.

Despite a meaningful survival, neutropenia is independently associated with poor outcomes among critically ill patients with cancer, according to a new study. However, neutropenia was no longer significantly associated with outcome in patients treated with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), suggesting a beneficial impact of the treatment.

Metropolitan areas with a minimum wage that was $1 higher at baseline had a 27.12% lower rate of newly diagnosed HIV cases among black residents.

A study of more than 2000 people with migraine found that red wine was singled out most frequently as a cause of migraine attacks, whereas vodka was indicated least frequently.

One-quarter of the government shut down early Saturday, and as the partial shutdown is expected to continue into the new year, several federal agencies will be impacted, including the FDA.

According to a new study, single-tablet regimens may provide better virologic response and control than multiple-tablet regimens for people living with HIV, likely due to a lower pill burden and, subsequently, better medication adherence.

Health information technology (IT), specifically electronic health records, came with promise of improving high-quality patient care. However, unintended consequences of the technology have exacerbated physician burnout in the United States. In response, HHS has released a draft strategy for addressing health IT–related burden.

CMS has finalized “Pathways to Success,” its overhaul of the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) that will push accountable care organizations to assume risk more quickly. The final rule includes some changes to the proposed rule, which was introduced in August.

The FDA has issued a warning that rare but serious cases of stroke and tears in the lining of arteries in the head and neck have occurred in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) who received treatment with alemtuzumab (Lemtrada).

A study found an approximate 30% decrease in the risk of developing type 2 diabetes among women with active migraine.

Providing the latest news and updates in managed care on the go, The American Journal of Managed Care®’s podcast Managed Care Cast provides listeners with discussions surrounding a myriad of topics, ranging from understanding financial burdens to social determinants of health.

Despite HIV diagnosis rates decreasing among black women as a whole, disparities in diagnosis rates persist among US- and non–US-born black women.

During the 60th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting & Exposition held December 1-4 in San Diego, California, Norman Sharpless, MD, director, National Cancer Institute (NCI), brought attention to several advances made in hematologic malignancies over the past year and highlighted 4 areas of focus going forward.