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Many individuals living with sickle cell disease still lack access to new pain medications

Sickle cell disease (SCD), a rare chronic, progressive, life-threatening, inherited blood disorder, often affects individuals with chronic pain that can be debilitating to their quality of life.

9 Mar 2023

Fixed-dose combination therapy provides better results than monotherapy for pulmonary hypertension

Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (high blood pressure in the arteries that supply the lungs, also called PAH) had approximately double the reduction in pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) if they took the PAH medications macitentan (10 mg) and tadalafil (40 mg) together in a single tablet rather than either drug alone, according to research being presented at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology.

6 Mar 2023

Coordinated, multifaceted intervention can improve preventive care for diabetes, heart disease

A multifaceted intervention to improve prescribing practices increased the likelihood that patients with Type 2 diabetes and heart disease would be prescribed three classes of guideline-recommended medications by more than fourfold, according to research being presented at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology.

6 Mar 2023

Eliminating medication copays does not reduce cardiovascular-related chronic conditions

Providing medications for chronic diseases—for example, cholesterol-lowering, blood pressure and diabetes medications—free of charge for three years did not have a significant impact on serious health outcomes associated with those conditions among low-income seniors in Canada, according to a study being presented at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology.

5 Mar 2023

Ochsner Health Network extends high-quality, value-based care to patients and communities

Ochsner Health Network, the Gulf South's largest clinically integrated network and nationally recognized leader in value-based care, has released its 2021-2022 Impact Report.

28 Feb 2023

Unmarried men more likely to die within five years after heart failure diagnosis

Men who never married were more than twice as likely to die within about five years after a heart failure diagnosis compared with women of any marital status or men who were previously married, according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology.

23 Feb 2023

Individuals with depression less likely to adhere to medications following percutaneous coronary intervention

Patients diagnosed with depression were less likely to adhere to essential medical therapies following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) than those without depression, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

12 Dec 2022

Curbing depression among parents improves control of children's asthma, study finds

Depression and anxiety in the parents of children with asthma have been associated with increased clinic visits and asthma-related hospitalizations.

8 Nov 2022

Mindfulness may offer a novel way to improve blood pressure control

A customized mindfulness program that taught participants to apply those skills to have healthy relationships with their diet, physical activity, alcohol use, medication adherence and stress, led to notably lower systolic (top number) blood pressure measures six months after participating in the mindfulness program, according to late-breaking science presented today at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2022.

7 Nov 2022

Transmission of monkeypox virus atypical and unique in 2022

In a recent study published in the journal Viruses, researchers at the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases identified and presented all the relevant research on the monkeypox virus (MPXV) to draw inferences about the 2022 MPXV outbreak.

13 Sep 2022

How does COVID-19 rebound after Paxlovid treatment differ between the BA.5 and BA.2.12.1 subvariants?

Scientists analyzed the differences between SARS-CoV-2 rebound associated with the Omicron BA.2.12.1 and BA.5 sublineages post-Paxlovid therapy in the United States.

9 Aug 2022

Research highlights the impact of social determinants of health on hypertension control

A research article published this month in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings highlights the significant impact of social determinants of health on patients' ability to sustain control of hypertension.

20 Jul 2022

Study reveals a spike in hospital readmissions for pediatric asthma

Hospital readmissions for asthma are increasing among children, according to a new study, highlighting the gaps in health care for the most common chronic pediatric illness.

6 Jul 2022

UB program secures $12.8 million to improve the quality of global HIV research

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $12.8 million to the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences to lead a clinical pharmacology quality assurance program for NIH-funded laboratories and research networks across the globe conducting HIV and infectious disease research.

16 Jun 2022

Medication, lifestyle intervention effective in preventing Type 2 diabetes, but not cardiovascular disease

A lifestyle intervention program of increased physical activity, healthy eating and aiming for weight loss of 7% or more, or taking the medication metformin were effective long-term to delay or prevent Type 2 diabetes in adults with prediabetes.

23 May 2022

New app aims to provide vital support to people battling opioid-use disorder

With opioid-overdose deaths reaching an all-time high during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new app developed at UVA Health is helping people struggling with opioids get the care they need.

19 May 2022

Personalized text messaging program improves healthy lifestyle measures in heart attack survivors

A text messaging program successfully supported, informed and motivated people after a heart attack on how to prevent a second heart attack, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association's flagship, peer-reviewed journal Circulation.

9 May 2022

NIH awards $11.3 million grant to renew the Einstein-Rockefeller-CUNY Center for AIDS Research

The National Institutes of Health has awarded Albert Einstein College of Medicine a five-year, $11.3 million grant to renew the Einstein-Rockefeller-CUNY Center for AIDS Research and expand its efforts to prevent, treat and cure HIV infection, and thereby reduce the burden of HIV, locally, nationally, and internationally.

3 May 2022

Study finds significant decline in attending adult health care appointments among pediatric transplant patients

Young adults who received organ transplants as children may not be regularly attending their doctor appointments after leaving their pediatric providers.

28 Apr 2022

Monitoring medication adherence for TB treatment in Africa using AI

Researchers aimed to develop an AI system that can evaluate medication adherence and non-adherence activities of TB patients based on their visual attributes obtained from videos.

11 Apr 2022