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New survey data show patients with post-COVID-19 condition symptoms lasting more than 4 weeks are struggling to find caregivers and treatments relevant to their needs.

A prospective study of more than 120 patients who underwent bariatric surgery sheds additional light on the potential benefits incurred by undergoing weight loss surgery in people with obesity.

Acute inpatient admission was higher in patients with persistent hyporesponse, compared to patients with acute hyporesponse or without hyporesponse.

Our latest cardiology case report from Brady Pregerson, MD, features an older man with dementia presenting with hypotension and brought to the hospital with a possible STEMI. Can you determine the correct diagnosis?

The top 10 most popular FDA approval articles from the first quarter of 2023, with an additional spotlight on other top regulatory news from the first 3 months of the year.

The longitudinal study finds prevalent obstructive sleep apnea, insomnia, and sleepiness could differentially mediate or moderate the effect of multiple sclerosis on cognition.

From a novel topical gene therapy to a multi-pathway targeting HF drug, the second quarter of 2023 is laden with interesting regulatory decisions.

The investigators found having at least 1 risk factor increased the odds of having an HCV-positive result by 20% compared to the population without risk factors.

A new analysis of OCT biomarkers may help elucidate the utility of OCT biomarkers as therapeutic predictors of ranibizumab treatment among eyes with diabetic macular edema.

Juliana Reed, MS, believes that there should be legislative incentives and preferred status for lower cost biosimilars in all government programs, with robust competition and accountability for PBMs not to limit access.

An analysis of 3 nationally representative data sets found that SDOH across domains of economic stability, educational attainment, health care access and quality, neighborhood and built environment, and social context were significant predictors of poor vision.

Insomnia shows associations with higher rates of outpatient visits, hospitalizations, and fills for medications, longer hospital length of stay, and higher hospitalization costs.

Juliana Reed, MS, believes that there needs to be action that addresses the anti-competitive behaviors of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and provides access to all biosimilars.

The Gold Standard Pathway Study noted statistically significant reductions in mean IOP and mean medication count from baseline was observed in both treatment arms at all visits.

Results show ISR is a promising behavioral treatment for insomnia, which can reduce sleep latency, increase total sleep time as well as sleep efficiency, and may serve as an alternative to traditional treatments.

April 7, 2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the WHO’s definition of health—a concept that experts point out is yet to be achieved, and faces many modern hurdles.

A retrospective, propensity score-matched analysis details significant risk reductions achieved with bariatric surgery in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and obesity.

New data from a study in China suggests that practicing tai chi may benefit cognitive function in adults dealing with diabetes as well as cognitive impairment issues.

The March 2023 rheumatology month in review highlights recent data regarding nipocalimab as a treatment option for hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn and myasthenia gravis, hyperbaric oxygen therapy for fibromyalgia, and the differences among specialties in biosimilar uptake.

A novel allergen and immunotherapy adherence and persistence checklist was developed to allow for more insight into adherence and to open this information to prescribing clinicians.

Patients with no prior colonoscopy had significantly higher all-cause mortality and colorectal cancer specific mortality compared to patients with detected colorectal cancer.

The cross-sectional analysis found a significant association between greater insomnia severity and worsened quality of life, decreased productivity, and increased healthcare resource utilization.

A new study has found individuals with depression and insomnia show significantly less activity in the prefrontal cortex during verbal fluency tests, suggesting that sleep quality is an important indicator in fNIRS screening.

The ESSENCE-2 study reported superiority of the water-free cyclosporine ophthalmic solution to vehicle in tCFS score at day 29, confirming results from ESSENCE-1.

Announced on April 6, the recall, which is the most serious of its kind, includes all Readers used with the FreeStyle Libre, FreeStyle Libre 14 day, and FreeStyle Libre 2 Flash Glucose Monitoring Systems distributed from November 2017-February 2023, which totals more than 4 million devices in the US.

The Biosimilars Forum is concerned with the limited access to lower-cost biosimilars, specifically regarding the 8 adalimumab biosimilars set to launch in July, due to pharmacy benefits managers controlling access to 80% of the US market.

The FDA’s move to withdraw hydroxyprogesterone caproate injection (Makena) was a joint decision by both the FDA’s Commissioner and its Chief Scientist.

After a two-year intensive therapy period, visual acuity was maintained or improved in nearly half of the ranibizumab-treated group and more than half of the aflibercept-treated group, but severely declined during the post-intensive period.