Health Care Delivery

The study also found lasting benefits of the supplement for bone density up to age 4.

Because biologics are used to treat both conditions, researchers hypothesized they may be helpful to prevent psoriatic arthritis (PsA).

Recommendations are lacking on strength exercise intensity, tolerability, and adverse effects for patients with severe forms of hemophilia.

At present, there are no approved therapies for pre–heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (pre-HFpEF); instead, cardiovascular risk factor management is often utilized in this patient population.

Long-term temporal and spatial trends, as well as changes, can be estimated using hospital admission data when the burden on health care systems is increased.

The weight loss surgery may help reverse peripheral neuropathy and improve the stability of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy and retinopathy in individuals with class II/III obesity.

The cost savings for health plans would increase if the therapy were used after the first recurrence of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI).

Study authors determined that regular musculoskeletal assessments can help facilitate personalized care for patients who have hemophilia, in that they can detect changes early.

Banner|Aetna's partnership with Virta and their diabetes reversal program brings to light the possibility for expansion to other health issues.

Health status and health-related quality of life (QOL) outcomes were compared between patients with severe cases of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) and a general patient population.

A patient with myasthenia gravis (MG) quickly deteriorated after he woke up from an endovascular procedure.

A multidisciplinary approach and symptom management are both vital components of home care to provide continuity of care after cardiac surgery because they decrease symptoms and readmissions to the hospital and increase self-efficacy.

There are higher risks of several major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) following intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), and they include recurrent ICH, ischemic stroke, and myocardial infarction.

The study was designed and conducted by undergraduate researchers.

Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) related to connective tissue disorders (CTDs) and patients with PAH related to another condition accrued higher costs and higher health care resource use (HRU) vs patients who had CTD without PH.

A federal ruling could undermine the framework of FDA drug approvals; Florida’s warning on COVID-19 vaccines omits key data; uninsured patients with cancer struggle to find care.

This 4-day event drew thousands of health care leaders to Nashville, Tennessee; in this column, Ron Southwick, editor of Chief Healthcare Executive, shares his thoughts from conversations and panels in Music City.

This retrospective study examined food insecurity and neighborhood disadvantage in health system patients as predictors of acute health care utilization.

Health systems may be better able to support adoption of chronic care management processes, which have a strong evidence base for practice implementation, compared with patient engagement strategies, which have less evidence to guide effective implementation.

Banner|Aetna has partnered with Virta and their diabetes reversal program, which now has data on outcomes and patient populations served so far.

A ruling by District Judge Reed O’Connor on March 30 called the future of preventive care access into question.

Data from the PANORAMA-HF and PARADIGM-HF trials support the recommendation for approval from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency.

The new research could help identify ways to preserve neuromuscular junctions.

Pollen may contribute to an increased risk of asthma attacks and asthma-related emergency visits, according to one study.

Jessica Allegretti, MD, MPH, medical director of the Crohn's and Colitis Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, speaks on current indications for Rebyota (fecal microbiota, live-jslm) in the treatment of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), as well as coverage and access-related implications for the drug.

Close to 80% of what influences how long someone is going to live is where and how they live, and we need to pay more attention to that or we’re not paying attention to everything that affects their lives, explained David A. Eagle, MD, of New York Cancer & Blood Specialists.

Although they note that their risk combination model needs validation, investigators argue that their insights should guide recommendations for risk stratification and management of these patients.

Samyukta Mullangi, MD, MBA, oncology fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and incoming medical director at Thyme Care, spoke on how her organization’s tech platform incorporates social determinants of health (SDOH) in care navigation to ensure high quality care and treatment.

The ruling of Braidwood Management v Becerra puts HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) coverage at risk, potentially leading to more than 2000 preventable HIV infections in the coming year.

Racial and ethnic disparities are apparent among Black patients with pulmonary fibrosis (PF), including earlier onset of death, according to a recent study.