Weight Loss and Lifestyle Program Cuts Severity of Sleep Apnea
Change in apnea-hypopnea index greater for men receiving eight-week weight loss and lifestyle intervention in addition to usual care
Medicare Advantage Plans Often Deny Coverage for Eligible, Necessary Care: Report
About 28 million older Americans have Medicare Advantage plans
Hospital Outcomes Worse With Suboptimal Treatment of Hypothyroidism
Patients with clinical hypothyroidism and a high prehospitalization TSH level had longer length of stay, increased risk for readmission
Food Insecurity Tied to Delayed, Forgone Medical Care
Food insecurity during the pandemic disproportionately affected non-White and low-income individuals
Adding Tislelizumab to Chemo Slows Advanced Nasopharyngeal Cancer
Progression-free survival prolonged with tislelizumab + chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone in recurrent/metastatic NPC
Upper Airway Stimulation Effective in Teens With Down Syndrome, OSA
73.2 percent of patients had AHI of less than 10 events/hour at 12 months; improvement also seen in quality of life
Use of Extrapolation Common in FDA New Drug Approvals
Extrapolation of the findings from pivotal clinical trials to the approved indication most common for disease severity
Health Care Employee Turnover Recovering
However, recovery is uneven, particularly among historically marginalized racial and ethnic groups
Less Than Half of U.S.-Based Clinical Trials Report Race/Ethnicity
Median combined enrollment of minority race/ethnicity groups was below corresponding population demographics based on census estimates
Despite Improvements, Disparities in Faculty Diversity Persist
Compared with U.S. demographic characteristics, female representation increased among clinical faculty, but URM representation decreased
