Court sides with Illinois, coalition to block Medicaid data from being used for immigration enforcement
A federal court has sided with Illinois and other Democrat-led states to block the Trump administration from using Medicaid data for immigration enforcement purposes.
Appeals court sides with Illinois in challenge over Trump’s move to limit citizenship
A federal appeals court sided with Illinois and three other states this week and affirmed a nationwide injunction on President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for some children.
Alzheimer’s Biomarkers Common in People With Other Dementias
Alzheimer’s pathology was common in other dementias. An Alzheimer’s biomarker profile was seen in unspecified dementia, Parkinson’s dementia, and frontotemporal dementia. Biomarkers indicating Alzheimer’s-like pathology were tied to cognitive function. Alzheimer’s disease pathology was common in people diagnosed with other dementias, a large cross-sectional study in Sweden showed. While most patients clinically diagnosed with Alzheimer’s […]
Another Study Backs Treatment for Preclinical Rheumatoid Arthritis
Inflammatory markers were reduced in patients with persistent joint pain and other markers for incipient rheumatoid arthritis (RA), as was progression to formal RA diagnosis, after a 6-month course of abatacept (Orencia) in a placebo-controlled trial. While 35% of controls were diagnosed with RA while on treatment in the trial, called ARIAA, only 8% of […]
On Anniversary of Roe Decision, Biden Tells Congress: ‘Let Doctors Do Their Job’
The Biden administration announced new actions to protect and defend access to abortion and other reproductive services on the 51st anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision. “Congress must codify Roe v. Wade for all the states in America,” Biden said at a press briefing Monday. “Stop playing politics with a woman’s life and freedom; […]
Want to Get More Healthcare Bills Passed? Fix the Filibuster, Suggests a Senator
WASHINGTON — The Senate could get a lot more done on healthcare and other issues if the rules for holding a filibuster were changed, a senator and his former chief of staff said Wednesday. “Think about, for example, drug prices, where 80% of Americans think every drug should be negotiated so we get the same […]
4 Surprising Signs You Have Acid Reflux
10’000 Hours via Getty Images Throat burn and gas are common issues, but there are some other little-known signs of acid reflux. If you’ve experienced a sour taste in your mouth, lots of gas, heartburn or feeling like you just threw up a little in your mouth, you may have attributed it to acid reflux […]
No Improved Outcomes for HF Patients With Sleep Apnea Using ASV Breathing Devices
Breathing machines with adaptive servo-ventilation (ASV) did not improve survival or other clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF) and reduced ejection fraction and sleep-disordered breathing, the phase III ADVENT-HF trial found. Investigators found no difference between patients randomized to standard care plus bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP) device therapy with ASV and those […]
Alzheimer’s Blood Test Predicts Who Might Benefit Most From Anti-Amyloid Drugs
Plasma phosphorylated tau 217 (p-tau217) outperformed p-tau181, p-tau231, and other blood-based biomarkers to identify which patients might benefit most from anti-amyloid Alzheimer’s drugs, a cohort study showed. Plasma p-tau217 helped rule out two groups who would not likely benefit: those who were amyloid-negative, and those who were amyloid-positive but had a high tau burden, reported […]
Biden Administration Announces Actions to Strengthen the Drug Supply Chain
The U.S. must keep the supply chain for drugs and other commodities “stable and secure in the long term to keep preserving a little bit of breathing room for American families,” President Biden said Monday. Fortunately, the administration is making progress, the president noted in a press conference held in the Indian Treaty Room at […]