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Acute, preventable diabetes complications days fell by 8.4% among participants enrolled in a preventive drug list benefit and by even more among low-income subscribers.

Budesonide oral suspension is the first oral therapy for EoE and represents a needed option in the category, offering flexibility for both patients and clinicians.

Anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapy appeared equally effective in reducing risk of recurrent stroke following cryptogenic stroke in persons with evidence of atrial cardiopathy.

Approval of the application would extend the current Arexvy indication for prevention of RSV in adults aged 60 years and older; a June 2024 PDUFA date is set.

Among women with PCOS, the risk for a suicide attempt was highest (by a factor of 9) among young adults aged 20 to 40 years, followed by adolescents.

Mean placebo-adjusted SBP change from baseline at 36 weeks was 8.6 mm Hg in adults with obesity, according to authors of the SURMOUNT-1 ABPM substudy.

Access to methadone and buprenorphine treatment may be easier and incentive to continue treatment could start at home, using telehealth, according to HHS.

The combination SABA/ICS inhaler is the first of its kind and treats both acute bronchoconstriction and the inflammation that drives asthma and disease exacerbation.

The 3-fold greater risk of subsequent stroke was observed in the Black Women's Health Study's youngest cohort, aged 24-34, investigators reported.

Eating disorders among US youth spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, but a new study shows hospitalizations have been inching up for a decade or more.

Past month use of cannabis was associated with 43% greater odds of asthma than no use of the drug; odds were 2-fold greater with use of blunts.

Risk of mortality from ALD and MetALD was significantly higher among women even though both phenotypes were more prevalent among men, a new study reveals.

Oral VX-548 has the potential to fill the gap between drugs that are tolerable but lack efficacy and opioids with therapeutic efficacy but known risks, according to Vertex.

Overweight and obesity affect the 50 states and DC in different ways and to varying degrees but no state is unaffected. The short slide show offers insights at-a-glance.

Measles cases are reported in 6 states, which is not a surprise to one pediatrician who points to the ongoing consequences of falling vaccination rates.

Low-dose calcium supplementation with 500 mg/day may be as protective against poor pregnancy outcomes as the WHO-recommended dose of 1500 mg/day.

The risk of asthma and poor outcomes was even greater among children with both conditions than among adults in this first study to compare the 2 populations.

The investigational combination opioid from Ensysce Biosciences is designed to deter abuse as well as prevent accidental or intentional overdose, the company said.

Heart disease has been the primary cause of death in the US for the last century, and yet 51% of adults do not recognize the fact.

Already high rates of readmission and mortality at 30 days rose significantly higher at 90 days, according to this National Readmissions Database review.

Dupilumab is the first agent approved to treat EoE in this vulnerable pediatric population.

Among more than 1.5 million persons hospitalized for COVID-19, a history of Crohn disease or ulcerative colitis significantly increased risk for poor outcomes.

"A meaningful percentage" of individuals with Crohn disease are treated during maintenance with biologic doses ≥20%higher than recommended in FDA labeling.

Adolescents with overweight or obesity and baseline HbA1c 6.3%-6.4% were at 72-fold greater risk for T2D than those with HbA1c of 5.5%, a new cohort study finds.

Targeting "impermissible" barriers created to no-cost contraception required by the ACA, the HHS guidance follows the Biden-Harris June 2023 Executive Order on the issue.

The Boxed Warning reflects FDA research into severe adverse events including hospitalization and death in persons with CKD treated with denosumab.

Remission of T2D, regardless of duration of remission, was associated with reduced risk of diabetes-related CKD and CVD in a post hoc analysis of Look AHEAD.

In persons with COPD, use of the anticonvulsants was linked to a 39% increase in risk of severe disease exacerbation requiring hospital admission, study authors reported.

When it comes overweight, obesity, and prescription drugs for weight loss, these results from the National Poll on Healthy Aging suggest older US adults need guidance.

The protective effect of bempedoic acid appeared to increase with the number of CV events a study participant experienced, according to study authors.