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Novo Nordisk announced Thursday the FDA has approved injectable semaglutide (Ozempic) for adult patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and known heart disease.

Along with weight loss, exercise, and nutrition, employers now target sleep improvements in employees; a Republican member of the FTC supports Medicare drug price negotiations; sepsis is likely responsible for 20% of deaths worldwide.

For patients with multiple sclerosis, ketogenic diets and fasting diets may be potentially safe and inexpensive complementary treatment options. However, additional clinical studies and data are needed to prove this theory.

Sickle cell disease is the most common red blood cell disorder in the United States, having been diagnosed in approximately 100,000 African Americans alone. The lack of oxygen from sickle cell buildup can lead to acute pain crises, joint and organ damage, stroke, and reduced life expectancy.

A new study published in PLoS One is the first of its kind to systematically describe and quantify the difference between measured curvature and actual retinal contour of the eye using optical coherence tomography.

Compared with other biologics approved for psoriasis treatment, excluding recently approved biologics, ixekizumab and brodalumab were shown to have greater cumulative clinical benefit for patients with psoriasis, according to study findings.

Tracheobronchial colonization by pseudomonas aeruginosa was shown to increase the mortality risk of outpatients with chronic obstructive plumonary disease (COPD) by 47%, according to study results.

Since 2016, racial and ethnic healthcare disparities have not improved; a new method of "reanimating" hearts from recently deceased donors for transplants is being tested; the new decade prompts concerns about an aging population.

While the number of survivors who had cardiotoxic treatments increased, the doses they received decreased. Radiation exposure fell from 77% in the 1970s to 40% in the 1990s.

A study investigating the clinical phenotype of acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in children reveals that one-third of pediatric patients with the disease are not successfully treated with steroids as a primary GVHD therapy.

The implementation of the Smart Snacks in School standards in 310 public schools resulted in healthier dietary intakes among students compared with those without the standards, according to a JAMA study published January 15.

The costs of disease-modifying drugs for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) have almost tripled in 7 years, even with the introduction of generic options in the market, according to a study published by Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

In the evolving treatment landscape for sickle cell disease, current standards of treatment involve 4 drugs that have been FDA approved, with further innovations and limitations adding to the paradigm of care.

A systematic review and meta-analysis of data collected from observational cohort studies reveals several clinical and sociodemographic factors are predictors of chronic migraine.

Physician burnout continues to be pervasive and differs by generation; more opioid doses flooded the market than originally believed; the FDA drug approval rate is speeding up.

The group of patients with high CD154-postive mast cells had lower overall 5-year survival rates than the low CD154-positive group.

The median time to first intravenous therapy for acute heart failure (AHF) is 3.0 hours in North America compared with 1.2 hours in all other regions, in the International Registry to Assess Medical Practice with Longitudinal Observation for Treatment of Heart Failure. Treatment timing and differences may affect outcomes in patients with AHF.

Sleep duration was found to reflect the profile of specific circulating microRNAs in the blood of school-aged children and adolescents, indicating the potential efficacy of a blood test to examine those at risk of negative health outcomes related to insufficient sleep, according to study findings.

Researchers outlined a comprehensive review of the common mechanisms through which interleukin-17 (IL-17) is considered a molecular target for developing novel biological therapies in several different fields of medicine, according to report findings.

Immunotherapy continues to be increasingly used for treating multiple myeloma (MM) with a recent report providing an overview of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) currently approved for treating MM, as well as, compounds that are under investigation.

Oklahoma is suing 3 major opioid manufacturers for their role in the opioid epidemic; first responders and other workers exposed to carcinogens during 9/11 found to have an elevated incidence of leukemia; cost of MS treatments determine patient financial decisions.

US Census data show the segment of the population over age 65 is growing faster than the group under age 65, highlighting the need for new healthcare delivery solutions.

clonoSEQ, from Adaptive Biotechnologies, is a next-generation sequencing assay with existing Medicare coverage to monitor for minimal residual disease (MRD) in multiple myeloma and B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The newest Medicare coverage is for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), which takes effect immediately.

Truvada and Descovy are both manufactured by Gilead Sciences and used to treat HIV-1 infection and as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in adult and pediatric patients.

Accountable care organization (ACO) participation in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) remained flat this year, according to a press release from the National Association of Accountable Care Organizations issued Friday, January 10.

The operative times of third-year residents learning phacoemulsification may be significantly reduced by early and continuous implementation of mandatory virtual simulator surgical training before starting to perform intraocular surgery, according to a recent study.

Avalere Health broadcasted its annual Healthcare Industry Outlook for 2020 on January 9. The hour-long discussion included insights on some of the top healthcare topics predicted to have an impact in 2020. Although Medicare and drug pricing took center stage, artificial intelligence, the future of the Affordable Care Act, and 2020 presidential campaign platforms were among the subjects discussed.

It's time for curated, customer-centric thinking to come to healthcare, writes healthcare industry executives.

The Trump administration has indicated that the Supreme Court should wait to take up a case on the Affordable Care Act (ACA); a Chinese pneumonia outbreak claimed the life of one victim; this year’s flu strain is hitting children the hardest.

Narcolepsy type 1 (NT1) may be caused by an autoimmune T-cell response to orexins and could be triggered by flu antigens, according to study findings.