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Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH, will take over the CDC; abortion activists acknowledge 1 year without Roe v Wade; Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) challenges Medicare’s drug price negotiation program.

Adolescents can substantially increase sleep duration by advancing their bedtime, study shows.

Investigators found important differences that may help clinicians better understand how to manage toxicities associated with the therapy.

An analysis of Medicaid data from adults in Alabama suggests just more than 50% of patients fail to get ambulatory follow-up care within the recommended 14-day window following a first-time heart failure hospitalization.

Guidelines for written eczema action plans need to be reviewed for effectiveness before more WAPs are created.

The findings, which suggest that axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel) may be a good option for a patient group often deemed ineligible for other curative-intent therapy, come from a planned subgroup analysis from the ZUMA-7 trial.

These patients experienced overall improvements in objective health outcomes during the crisis compared with before the health emergency.

Scientists have found a new therapy for the severe inflammatory skin disorder.

At a median follow-up of 10.7 months, the overall response rate was 63.1%.

The risk of CDI increased at a tertiary hospital, but not at the 2 community hospitals included in the study.

Future myasthenia gravis therapies have different mechanisms of action than current treatments, said James F. Howard Jr, MD, professor of neurology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

There was no difference in second primary cancer risk among older adult male patients treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) vs 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy for prostate cancer.

An evaluation of a same-day HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) program in Jackson, Mississippi, showed that most individuals given a same-day prescription either never started PrEP or stopped use within 3 months.

The phase 3 LUNAR trial evaluating tumor treating fields (TTFields) with standard-of-care therapies met its primary end point in patients with metastatic non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

A video-based teach-to-goal (TTG) intervention was able to improve inhaler technique over time among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma, according to a randomized controlled trial.

Patients who are members of racial minority groups are less likely to be prescribed insomnia medication.

Glofitamab is the first bispecific antibody with a fixed-duration treatment for adults with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).

David Maahs, MD, PhD, professor of pediatrics at Stanford University and division chief of pediatric endocrinology at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, talks about the Timely Interventions for Diabetes Excellence dashboard, increases in continuous glucose monitoring, and more.

Women and children are the most susceptible to adverse asthma outcomes due to climate change, according to one study.

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The treatment landscape for multiple myeloma has shifted since European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Multiple Myeloma Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-MY20) was first developed in 1996.

The case report highlights the importance of considering diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) when evaluating patients with persistent periaortic fluid collections.

Independent FDA panel advises that the next round of COVID-19 vaccines only target XBB strains; the American Medical Association (AMA) says that only using body mass index (BMI) is not enough to evaluate health; teens with severe obesity look to controversial surgery and weight-loss drugs.

Randomized controlled trials had lower rates of success, but microbiota restoration still out-performed antibiotics.

Past research shows no meaningfully increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients with more common chronic inflammatory skin diseases.

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) was detected easiest when using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests in a pediatric population.

A study presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting found practice- and provider-level racial and ethnic inequities in rates of next-generation sequencing (NGS) testing for patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated in the community setting.

The health plans, which have announced their intent to join forces, retired $345,000 in debt in the areas they serve.

Most people with health insurance coverage experienced health coverage problems in the past 12 months; oncologists are pressing lawmakers to implement long-term solutions to chemotherapy shortages; the nonprofit Human Rights Watch is calling out US hospitals for forcing people into debt.

Misdiagnosis was common in these patients, and mean time to diagnosis was around 5 years.