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With surveys demonstrating that care disparities in atopic dermatitis (AD) may exist among pediatric patients with the chronic skin condition, investigators set out to determine AD’s prevalence by sociodemographic subgroup.

The study also showed that the measurement of HbA1c—which serves as an indicator of clinical assessment—sharply drops in the late teenage years among individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

The FDA approves Pfizer’s oral COVID-19 drug; hundreds of thousands of people lose Medicaid coverage after pandemic protections expire; irregular menstrual cycles seem to be linked with higher cardiovascular disease (CVD) risks.

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we speak with the lead researcher from a study published in the May 2023 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® about the impact of low-income subsidies on the uptake and equitable use of expensive orally administered antimyeloma therapy.

Use of a mobile app was not associated with better cardiac outcomes or completing a cardiac rehabilitation program.

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Current myasthenia gravis therapies can exacerbate comorbidities or create other complications, said James F. Howard Jr, MD, professor of neurology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

However, Clostridioides difficile (CDI) infection did not appear to affect outcomes, according to the study.

The LIBERTY-PN PRIME and PRIME2 trials investigated itch response to dupilumab among patients who have prurigo nodularis.

Chitra Lal, MD, D-ABSM, FCCP, FAASM, FACP, ATSF, professor of medicine at Medical University of South Carolina, says that the screening threshold for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) should be low because 70% to 75% of patients with mild cognitive impairment have sleep apnea.

In a case report, dupilumab and prednisone were among the treatments for atopic dermatitis (AD) used to relieve a patient of her delayed generalized hypersensitivity reaction to the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.

Investigators said longer-term outcomes from chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies are still a significant question in patients who have non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) or acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

AHIP president and CEO Matthew Eyles will step down later this year; the House Energy and Commerce Committee moved a series of health care measures concerning pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs); US debt default could stop FDA drug and device reviews, said FDA chief.

The FDA approved Celltrion Healthcare’s Yuflyma (adalimumab-aaty), which is a high-concentration, citrate-free formulation.

Patients with psoriasis taking methotrexate are nearly 3 times as likely to develop non-melanoma skin cancer than patients not taking the treatment.

Milena Pavlova, MD, neurologist, and medical director of the sleep testing center at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner hospital, says that since sleep disorders are common, it’s important to consider that sleep can be a separate symptom from epilepsy.

Although lack of routine testing and limitations to current diagnostic testing likely lead to underreporting of respiratory syncytial virus, RSV still poses a substantial economic burden.

A review of 24 meta-analyses supported the need for additional monitoring of patients with diabetes and COVID-19, especially if they have comorbidities associated with diabetes.

At the 2023 Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health, panelists described the ways their organizations are promoting access to primary care in hopes that it can be part of the progress toward achieving the Quadruple Aim of lower costs, better outcomes, patient satisfaction, and clinician experience.

A range of posters presented at the 2023 American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference highlighted a plethora of risk factors for pulmonary conditions in adulthood outside of tobacco smoking history.

A symposium at the 2023 American Thoracic Society International Conference highlighted common comorbidities that warrant consideration in patients who present with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Results are based off of data from the Florida Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

Kicking off the 2023 Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health annual conference, Mark Fendrick, MD, of the University of Michigan, delivered a keynote exhorting the audience of employers and payers to implement the principles of value-based insurance design (VBID) in order to improve individual and population health and drive toward equity.

Blue Cross Blue Shield in Massachusetts sets agreement with Tufts Medicine using equity benchmarks; drug prices covered by Medicaid to undergo yearly audit; South Carolina abortion ban headed to governor as Planned Parenthood announces national staff cutbacks to shift resources to the states.

Of the studies, 47% did not directly ask patients about financial difficulties associated with their cancer.

Although acne and rosacea treatment are widely covered, treatment for other types of skin conditions are not covered at all, a new report shows.

Patients who have pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) often do not feel better after treatment, even if they meet clinical endpoints for improvement.

The effect of education on survival outcomes was evaluated both overall and as it related to cardiovascular disease (CVD).

A CDC report emphasized the need for increased investments, innovation, and focus on equity in order to end the HIV epidemic.

About 69% of pediatric patients had discontinued amblyopia therapy during COVID-19 even as their parents reported that adherence was good.