Providers

With more multiple sclerosis (MS) treatments becoming available, it is now possible to better personalize approaches, explained speakers during a session at MSVirtual 2020: 8th Joint ACTRIMS-ECTRIMS Meeting.

The broadest real-life study of dupilumab in atopic dermatitis (AD) found significant improvements in adults with moderate to severe AD that were even greater than the results reported in clinical trials.

Even though dupilumab was a late entrant to the market to treat asthma, its efficacy “speaks for itself,” said Neal Jain MD, FAAP, FAAAAI, of Arizona Allergy & Immunology Research, Arcadia Allergy & Asthma, and San Tan Allergy & Asthma.

In recent years, the number of children diagnosed with additional autoimmune diseases accompanying type 1 diabetes (T1D) has increased, according to a study published in Frontiers in Endocrinology.

Telehealth has been around for years in the United States, but it was not until the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic that it became so widely used.

Telehealth claim lines increased 4132% nationally from June 2019 to June 2020, rising from 0.16% of medical claim lines in June 2019 to 6.85% in June 2020, according to new data from FAIR Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker.

Comorbidities can have an impact on the main disease domains for patients with psoriatic arthritis. For each additional comorbidity a patient has, their disease activity score increases.

Data presented during the European Society for Cardiology 2020 Congress were a follow-up to the presentation of VERTIS CV at the American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions in June.

There was no statistically significant difference in patient-reported outcomes for short-term integrated palliative care compared with standard care in those with long-term neurological conditions.

Despite progress from disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, there is still a far greater long-term risk of undergoing total knee and hip arthroplasties in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Data to be presented at SLEEP 2020 showed Eisai Inc's lemborexant (DAYVIGO) had statistically significant long-term efficacy and safety compared with placebo on sleep maintenance and onset in patients with insomnia disorder, said Margaret Moline, PhD.

A Boxed Warning on increased risk of leg and foot amputations has been removed from the label of canagliflozin, a sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor.

Current therapeutic options for multiple myeloma and best practices in dispensing medications throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2 surveys, employers identified efforts to increase availability of virtual care, support employees undertaking greater caregiving roles, and address social and health inequities as a result of the pandemic.

A move by HHS to allow pharmacists to give childhood vaccinations draws criticism from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Although the effects of stress and anger on ischemic heart disease and arrhythmia are well known, they are less established in heart failure, particularly those with reduced ejection fraction.

Patricia Salber, MD, MBA, of The Doctor Weighs In, and Scott Hayworth, MD, president and CEO of New York-based CareMount Medical, discuss delivering preventive care and managing chronic illnesses during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

New guidelines from the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians are cautioning providers against treating patients with acute pain from musculoskeletal injuries with opioids.

Findings published in JAMA Network Open show ICD-10 codes perform poorly in capturing COVID-19-related symptoms, highlighting the critical need for meticulous data validation to feed multicenter registries built from electronic medical records.

A community oncology practice network and a cancer genomics firm announced an initiative to expand opportunities for real-time precision medicine as well as research participation.

The challenges of complying with payer mandates in biosimilars were discussed in a webinar sponsored by The American Journal of Managed Care® and The Center for Biosimilars®.

When a crisis hits and members become isolated, how can a health plan continue to play an active role in maintaining their health?

Oncology drug costs affect those entering into risk-based arrangements, and these groups must rethink their approach to evaluating risk.

Compared with non-invasive ventilation (NIV), high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) oxygen therapy carried less risk of treatment failure and had better tolerance and comfort among patients.

A new study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Korea has shown that only about half of patients with RA who attained clinical remission were also in imaging remission.

Patients with connective tissue diseases are at greater risk for severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) than patients with chronic inflammatory arthritis.

Screening women aged 40 to 49 years for breast cancer reduced mortality by 25% in the first 10 years compared with waiting until at age 50 years and older, which is the common practice in the United Kingdom.

The risk of orthopedic surgery has declined for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) over the course of decades, but the same trend has not occurred for patients with psoriatic arthritis.

Most oncologists in a recent survey said they lack the knowledge and data to use measurable, or minimal, residual disease (MRD) as a decision-making tool in the treatment of multiple myeloma.

A study in Annals of Internal Medicine shows severe obesity presents a greater risk of death from COVID-19 than related factors such as diabetes or hypertension.