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Specialty medications are not something most people ever have to think about. But for someone with cancer, MS, or a rare genetic disorder, they are everything. And they are complicated. Temperature-controlled shipping. Lab work. Pharmacy and doctor talking constantly. A lot of these drugs get taken at home, too. Which means somebody has to make […]
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The FDA has approved Wilate as routine prophylaxis to minimize frequency of bleeding episodes for children younger than 6 years with von Willebrand disease.
Wilate (von Willebrand factor/human coagulation factor VIII complex, Octapharma), which previously received orphan drug designation for this indication in adults and children aged 6 years and older, is now the first von Willebrand factor concentrate approved for patients of all ages and across all disease types.
“Evidence-based treatment guidelines recommend prophylactic treatment for VWD patients with a history of severe, frequent bleeds,”
HHS and CMS today launched a nationwide initiative that invites hospitals to commit to serving more nutritious meals.
The voluntary Make Hospital Food Heathier Pledge encourages hospitals to take multiple actions to ensure the food they offer aligns with current Dietary Guidelines for Americans when feasible and clinically appropriate.
“Our entire health care system — not just hospitals — tends to focus on medications and symptom management. We haven’t thought as much about prevention or the role food and lifestyle decisions play in the development of chronic diseases like obesity, heart
Educational videos provided first-time fathers with additional reinforcement to safely care for their infants, according to a pilot study published in Pediatrics: Open Science.
Fathers’ secondary position in the parenting framework limits opportunities for learning, even though their active participation is a positive indicator of growth and development for the child, according to Craig F. Garfield, MD, MAPP, attending physician at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, and colleagues.
Unintentional injuries — often related to unsafe sleep, parental frustration with crying and poor car seat
Alcon and RxSight announced a nonexclusive collaboration to develop a light-adjustable presbyopia-correcting IOL, according to a press release.
“This collaboration will enable surgeons to fine-tune visual outcomes for their cataract patients who choose a PCIOL, which is not an available option today,” Ron Kurtz, MD, president and CEO of RxSight, told Healio.
The collaboration aims to combine RxSight’s postoperative light-adjustable technology with Alcon’s presbyopia-correcting optical designs to create the novel IOL technology. Alcon will pay RxSight $60 million upfront to begin development,
The AMA has adopted a resolution supporting insurance reimbursement for myopia treatment, saying the condition is a significant public health concern and should be formally classified as “a disease” by CMS.
This comes as the FDA approves an increasing array of options for reducing myopia and slowing its progression, including spectacle and contact lenses. The global prevalence of myopia has been forecasted to reach 50% by 2050.
The resolution, adopted by AMA’s House of Delegates in June, says that AMA supports “efforts to ensure comprehensive insurance coverage and reimbursement for
Subcutaneous amivantamab induced rapid and durable responses among patients with HPV-unrelated recurrent or metastatic head and neck cancer, according to study results.
Nearly half of patients responded to therapy and more than three-quarters experienced shrinkage of target lesions, findings presented at ASCO Annual Meeting and published simultaneously in Journal of Clinical Oncology showed.
“These results are very meaningful,” senior author Barbara Burtness, MD, FASCO, chief of head and neck cancers/sarcoma at Yale Cancer Center, told Healio. “Some patients who discontinued therapy for
Healthier dietary patterns with lower inflammatory potential were associated with lower dementia risk for people with elevated Alzheimer’s disease and neurobiological risk biomarkers, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
The study explored how diet quality relates to dementia risk, specifically examining phosphorylated tau at threonine 217 (p-tau217), which the authors described as one of the most accurate blood-based biomarkers for the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease.
Taking those biomarkers into account allowed researchers to examine whether the association between diet
Modern office work often requires long hours of sitting, continuous screen time and sustained mental focus.
A simple antidote is to take short intentional breaks throughout the day. Workplace wellness doesn’t have to be high-tech.
A microbreak is a short rest period that typically lasts between 30 seconds and up to 10 minutes, depending on the task or job. In general, some individuals may benefit from a break every 30 minutes, while others may do better with breaks every 45 to 60 minutes. Unlike lunch breaks or formal exercise sessions, microbreaks are designed to be quick, flexible and easy to