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Integrating Programs for Healthy Eating and Moving with Conventional CKD Care

Victoria SochaChronic Kidney Disease | February 5, 2024

In nearly two-thirds of cases of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the United States, the underlying cause is either ...

Study Finds Wide Variation in Both Cost and Transparency Pertaining Thyroid Cancer Care

Rob DillardHead and Neck Cancer | April 11, 2023

A new study which analyzed price transparency and price variation for the treatment of thyroid cancer show that not ...

Hem/Onc Roundup: Severe Flu Risk Persists Years After Cancer Diagnosis, and more

Rebecca AraujoOncology | December 4, 2020

Cancer Survivors Have High Risk of Severe Influenza Years After Diagnosis ...

Medicaid Expansion Associated with Lower Death Rates for Three Major Cancers

Rob DillardOncology | April 3, 2023

In states that have expanded Medicaid availability as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), mortality rates for three ...

Estimating Reimbursement per Treatment

Sarah TolsonFrom the Field | April 13, 2023

Recently, the director of a free-standing, in-center hemodialysis program reached out to me in an effort to gain insight ...

Rheum Round-up: Baricitinib and Adalimumab in RA, Shoulder Arthroplasty Outcomes with Medicaid, and more

Kaitlyn D’OnofrioRheumatology | September 4, 2020

Here are the top stories recently covered by DocWire News in the rheumatology section. In this edition, read about the ...

Obamacare Led to Decrease in Cancer Mortality, According to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Researchers

Kaitlyn D’OnofrioOncology | May 15, 2020

Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) identified a correlation between the implementation of the ...

People Living in Rural Areas, Uninsured or on Medicaid Less Likely to Receive Necessary Lung Cancer Treatment

Rob DillardNon-Small Cell Lung Cancer | September 20, 2023

Patients living in rural areas or who are on Medicaid or uninsured are less likely to receive chemotherapy for Non-small ...

Prescription Drug Prices Have Increased Three Times Faster than the Rate of Inflation Over the Last Decade, Even After Discounts

Rob DillardPharmacology | April 24, 2023

A new JAMA study shows that the net price of prescription drugs has increased more than three times faster than the rate ...

Study Explores Correlation Between Medicaid Expansion and Disease Stage and Time to Treatment Initiation in Head and Neck Cancer

Kaitlyn D’OnofrioHead and Neck Cancer | April 11, 2023

A new study examined the relationship between Medicaid expansions as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) with stage at ...

Medicaid Expansion May Reduce Opioid Overdose Deaths

Rob DillardPharmacology | April 10, 2023

Medicaid expansion is associated with a lower rate of opioid overdose deaths, according to the findings of a study ...

Millions Still Lack CVD Coverage Despite the Affordable Care Act

DocWire News EditorsCardiology | July 2, 2019

A new report in the Journal of General Internal Medicine indicates that despite some improvement in coverage with the ...

Cardio Round-up: Mitigating Anger-induced AFib; Downside for Heartburn Drugs; and More

DocWire News EditorsInterventional Cardiology | May 2, 2023

This week's edition features new research suggesting beta-blockers may mitigate anger-induced atrial fibrillation, a ...

Medicaid Expansion Helps Cardiovascular Mortality Rates

DocWire News EditorsCardiology | June 6, 2019

Medicaid expansion was associated with a smaller increase in the rates of cardiovascular mortality than in places that ...

SLE Patients Have Greater Fracture Risk

Kaitlyn D’OnofrioRheumatology | February 7, 2019

Previous research has found that patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) tend to have poor bone health. In a ...

Do You Live in a State That Is Best at Preventing Cancer?

Kerri FitzgeraldOncology | August 15, 2018

The 16th annual report from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) found that California and ...

Surge in Prices Causing Diabetics to Underuse Insulin

DocWire News EditorsDiabetes | April 10, 2023

Recent surges in insulin prices has put many diabetics in a position where they may be unable to purchase the ...