ajmc.com —  3+ hour, 58+ min ago

...Wanda Filer, MD, MBA, FAAFP: Maybe it will be for 2 seasons. Laurene Mascola, MD, MPH:... ...Welch, PharmD, MBA, FAPhA: We talked about the RSV vaccine as an annual vaccine during RSV season....

ajmc.com —  5+ hour, 24+ min ago

...Objectives: COVID-19 vaccination in the United States has stalled, with some of the lowest rates in the South.... ...Vaccine hesitancy is a primary contributor and may be influenced by health literacy (HL).... ...Using a cross-sectional web-based survey, we assessed the association between health literacy and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in a US Southern population... ...100 million confirmed cases with more than 1,121,800 deaths in the United States as of April 26, 2023.1 Despite widespread vaccination efforts by...

ajmc.com —  4+ hour, 31+ min ago

...and adults, because past interventions have typically focused on the individual, noted Arielle Williamson, PhD, DBSM, clinical psychologist and... ...and adults, noted Arielle Williamson, PhD, DBSM, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine... ...Williamson is presenting “Sleep Health, Sleep Problems, and Psychosocial Functioning Among Shift-Working Parents and Their Young Children” today... ...More Work Is Needed to Bring Clinical Trials to Underserved Patients, ASCO Panel Says ASCO Panel: Do Medicare Oncology Payment Models Measure Value...

ajmc.com —  5+ hour, 7+ min ago

...done, said a panel of experts at the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting.... ...While efforts are underway to improve access to cutting-edge oncology clinical trials for underserved patients, more work is needed to get the job... ...The panel included Ana Acuna-Villaorduna, MD, assistant professor of medical equalities at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York... ...; Lola Fashoyin-Aje, MD, MPH, associate director of the Oncology Center of Excellence at the FDA; and Steven Gore, MD, program scientist at the Experimental...

ajmc.com —  2+ hour, 53+ min ago

...Merck sues to stop Medicare drug price negotiations; doctors delay lifesaving therapies due to cancer drug shortages; a federal appeals court will... ...Merck Sues US Government Over Medicare Drug Price Negotiations On Tuesday, Merck & Co filed a lawsuit against the US government seeking to block... ...COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Health Literacy in US Southern States COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is not associated with health literacy.... ...Merck stated it plans to take this case all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary....

ajmc.com —  3+ hour, 25+ min ago

...Prevalence estimates that were adjusted by age and sex were calculated with 2019 US Census Bureau data....

ajmc.com —  2+ hour, 53+ min ago

..., mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean platelet volume (MVC), and RDW with COPD exacerbation severity.... ...In the current study, the researchers aimed to investigate the relationship between complete blood count (CBC) parameters, including hemoglobin level...

ajmc.com —  4+ hour, 26+ min ago

...Brewer will appear at the Institute for Value-Based Medicine® June 8, 2023 event, held with The American Journal of Managed Care® and Texas Oncology... ...Travis Brewer, vice president of payer relations at Texas Oncology, discusses the importance of oncologists collaboration with payers to improve... ...What are specific ways in which payers can collaborate with health care providers and oncology specialists to develop and implement value-based strategies... ..., fully insured model....

ajmc.com —  3+ hour, 23+ min ago

...Presenters at SLEEP 2023 in Indianapolis, Indiana discussed 2 studies about the impact of sleep on obesity in infants and young children.... ...One study linked circadian rest-activity rhythm (CRAR) development with obesity in early infancy.... ...Petrov, PhD, an associate professor in the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation at Arizona State University, presented her research on... ...Hohman, PhD, an assistant research professor in the Center for Childhood Obesity Research at Penn State University, also presented data on how sleep...

ajmc.com —  4+ hour, 11+ min ago

.../val) led to greater reduction in plasma NT-proBNP levels, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.... ...In patients with ejection fraction greater than 40% who were stabilized after a worsening heart failure event, use of combination sacubitril/valsartan... ...Of these patients, 52% were women, 22% were Black, and the mean (SD) age was 70 (12) years.... ...PARAGLIDE-HF was a double-blind, randomized controlled trial of sacubitril/valsartan vs valsartan in patients with EF greater than 40% enrolled within...