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In other news, prostate cancer incidence appears to be on the rise, and data on health trackers may not be secure.

The move was cheered by a packed room of diabetes patients, parents, advocates, and doctors. Some see the change as a first step toward getting Medicare to cover CGM.

A proof-of-concept study in ovarian cancer shows advantage of using liquid biopsy for the earlier detection of disease relapse.

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed an antitrust lawsuit to prevent planned megamergers in the health insurance industry.

The update of the Urban Institute’s 2015 analysis suggests that the nation continues to be on track to spend much less on healthcare over the next several years than was projected by CMS in late 2010.

Experts say Covered California is making up for coverage that was underpriced the last 2 years, and Maryland Medicaid officials create an uproar by changing the preferred opioid addiction treatment.

Minority teens were more likely to have undiagnosed diabetes or prediabetes, the researchers report.

While most adolescent survivors of childhood cancer have a good grip on their emotional well being, some frequently present with a combination of behavioral, emotional, and social symptoms, a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology has concluded

Despite evidence and clinical guidelines that support intensive statin use in high-risk patients, very few eligible patients start treatment at recommended levels.

AstraZeneca is trying to invoke the Orphan Drug Act to protect its blockbuster, on the grounds it is approved to treat a rare pediatric condition.

On an earnings call yesterday, Novartis announced that the FDA has sent a complete response letter for their product pegfilgrastim, biosimilar to Neulesta.

The way the meaningful use program was structured was more about the adoption of electronic health records and not interoperability, and in order to get there, the US health system needs to first understand what it wants interoperability to do.

A long-term follow up study among Dutch women who underwent in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment in the Netherlands has failed to find an association between the treatment and an increased risk of breast cancer.

The transactions were announced a year ago right after a Supreme Court decision that left subsidies for the federal health exchange intact.

Research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has tried to fill the knowledge gaps that exist in the treatment of colorectal cancers that harbor mutations in genes involved in DNA mismatch repair.

An expert asks whether we'll hear more on the Republican nominee's healthcare plans, and a study shows obese kids benefit from eating less sugar.

The study found that the mortality risk for poor black men, relative to similar white men, persisted even when taking factors like education, employment, and marital status into account.

Teenagers who started with an average BMI of 51.7 were able to reduce that by more than 40% over the first year after surgery. They were able to complete a lap of an outdoor track nearly a half-minute faster on average, and fewer reported being in pain.

An initiative that provided Pennsylvania Medicaid patients with a primary care “medical home” reduced the costs of their care by up to $4100 per year and decreased the number of their physician visits and hospitalizations.

A new study in the June 2016 issue of JAMA Internal Medicine found that between 2010 and 2012, an estimated $73.0 billion in excess of generic cost was spent on brand drugs within the same class.

The tool will let pump users get updates of new features in between replacement of their hardware.

According to the study published in Cancer, adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with early stage colon cancer results in clinically relevant improvement in overall survival.

Also, the share of employers funding wellness programs has passed the 50% mark, but not all employees use them.

The most recent Kaiser Health Tracking Poll was conducted during an exceptionally violent week. Concerns about terrorism and gun policy outranked jobs and the economy and healthcare as voter priorities.

The Pew Charitable Trusts has proposed several ideas to address substance use disorders by focusing on developing and supporting policies such as the proposed rule to increase the patient limit for qualifying physicians to treat opioid use disorders.

The authors say patients with cancer and dementia were more likely to have palliative care consultations and DNR orders.

Faulty assumptions about the best ways to address the needs of minority patients may be lead to racial and ethnic disparities in the treatment of mental health and substance use disorders.

The top stories in managed care this week included coverage of JAMA’s special issue on healthcare transformation under the ACA, changes in the proposed 2017 Physician Fee Schedule promoting value-based care, and more.

Highlights of coverage of our peer-reviewed research in the healthcare and mainstream press.

A new study in Health Affairs suggests antipsychotic use among Medicaid children peaked in 2008 and has slowed since that time, but this remains a policy challenge.