Nearly half a million Americans with diabetes who are currently Medicaid beneficiaries may lose their coverage by 2034 due to policy changes, according to a report from the American Diabetes Association.
As Healio previously reported, congressional bill H.R. 1, or the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” that was signed into law in July 2025 included a $930 billion cut in federal support for Medicaid over a 10-year period as well as changes to the Affordable Care Act that could reduce enrollment in the program. According to the white paper published by the ADA, approximately 6 million Americans with

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Less than 30 minutes per day of moderate to vigorous exercise may be sufficient to mitigate most cardiovascular risk related to physical inactivity, a speaker reported.
At the American Society for Preventive Cardiology Congress on CVD Prevention, Paul D. Thompson, MD, emeritus chief of cardiology at Hartford Hospital and emeritus professor of medicine at University of Connecticut, discussed how much and what type of physical activity is needed to impact CV health.
“Physical activity and exercise are used interchangeably. Physical activity is referred to as any bodily

Patients and caregivers reported they valued a home-based pathway for conservative kidney management, according to study data published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.
Conservative kidney management (CKM), an approach focused on quality of life over continuing dialysis, has received increased recognition as a pathway for kidney care but is not commonly implemented in nephrology practices, according to Marie-Cécile Samyn, APRN, MSN, at Lille University Hospital Center in France, and colleagues. CKM is often delivered in the hospital, but the researchers aimed to understand

Patients with tardive dyskinesia experienced improvements in quality of life and functionality across 24 weeks of treatment with valbenazine, according to a study published in CNS Spectrums.
Valbenazine (Ingrezza; Neurocrine Biosciences) is one of two vesicular monoamine transporter 2 inhibitors approved for tardive dyskinesia (TD) treatment, Christoph U. Correll, MD, professor of psychiatry and molecular medicine at Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, and colleagues wrote.
“The conversation around tardive dyskinesia has historically focused on the visible,

In acutely ill adults receiving supplemental oxygen, the proportion of time spent in normoxemia was higher with autonomous vs. manual oxygen titration, according to findings published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
“Supplemental oxygen is one of the most common clinical interventions in delivering patient care,” Adit A. Ginde, MD, MPH, professor and vice chair for research in the department of emergency medicine at University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine, told Healio. “The study findings have potential to change the way that we deliver oxygen to ill and injured patients.”
In the

Three months after receiving FDA approval as a maintenance treatment for patients aged at least 12 years with asthma, Breztri Aerosphere is commercially available, according to a press release.
The Breztri Aerosphere (AstraZeneca) inhaler combines 160 μg budesonide, an inhaled corticosteroid; 18 μg glycopyrrolate, a long-acting muscarinic antagonist; and 4.8 μg formoterol fumarate, a long-acting beta 2-agonist, according to the April release announcing its approval.
Healio spoke with Priya Bansal, MD, FAAAAI, FACAAI, CEO of Asthma and Allergy Wellness Center, clinical assistant

Medically assisted reproduction may increase risk for hormone-related malignancies such as breast and ovarian cancer, but the total number of additional cases appears to be low and could have other explanations.
A study of nearly 1.75 million women from Australia showed assisted reproductive treatments (ART) had associations with multiple cancers, both hormone and non-hormone related, indicating increased surveillance or infertility causes could account for at least part of the elevated risk.
“It is plausible that ART are associated with certain cancers, but the absolute risk of the cancers

A deep analysis of synovial tissue from patients with rheumatoid arthritis revealed fibrin-rich niches containing SPP1hi macrophages and remodeling fibroblasts, which may provide future therapeutic targets.
In a study published in Science Translational Medicine, Ian Mantel, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow at Hospital for Special Surgery and Weill Cornell Medicine, and colleagues noted that the mechanisms driving synovial tissue expansion in RA remain poorly understood and require further definition.
“Myeloid-rich RA synovial tissue may be driven not only by inflammation, but also by a tissue

CDC labs found a resistance gene rarely seen outside one bacterial genus in a Massachusetts urine sample, one standard tests can miss.

Prescribing of hepatitis C cures peaked in 2015 and has fallen sharply since, leaving most diagnosed Americans untreated a decade later.