Laurie Toich, Assistant Editor

African Americans with sickle cell trait may have inaccurate HbA1c test results.

Some patients may feel that they are wasting their primary care physician’s time.

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The TrpC5 ion channel is necessary for appetite suppression regulated by leptin or lorcaserin.

Manufacturers say they are unable to lower the cost of some drugs due to pharmacy benefit manager involvement.

Gilead feuds with Express Scripts over hepatitis C virus drug costs.

FPR-ZM1 was seen to reverse the inflammatory response lung disease in mice.

A new cell culture model may lead to drugs that prevent age-related macular degeneration disease progression.

Certain beta cells are able to evade an immune system attack in type 1 diabetes.

Certain antibiotics exert more force at the surface of drug-resistant bacteria cells.

Treatment with tau antisense oligonucleotide shows promise treating Alzheimer’s disease.

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A collaborative clinic could save more than $5000 per patient over 3 years.

The proposed Affordable Care Act replacement plan calls for several changes that could impact healthcare for millions of Americans.

Prostate cancer can be subtyped based on cell of origin as luminal A, luminal B, and basal cell subtypes.

Patients with luminal B prostate cancer benefited the most from androgen deprivation therapy.

Patients naive to systemic and biologic therapy responded well to treatment with apremilast.

Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer report positive cardiovascular data from apixaban (Eliquis).

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Genetics that determine physical traits may play a large role in prevalence of conditions such as multiple sclerosis, autism, and diabetes.

The Empowering Patients First Act could cut tax credits by 60% in 2027.

GP2017 observed to reduce symptoms among patients with moderate-to-severe chronic plaque psoriasis.

Consuming 10 portions of fruits and vegetable may prevent 7.8 million premature deaths each year.

Physical inactivity and weight gain may increase the risk of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.

A subset of the HIV is transmitted to the child during pregnancy or through breastfeeding.

Patients who received phone counseling were more likely to quit smoking than patients who received a list of low cost services.

HIV transmitted to a child is less likely to be killed by CD4 helper T cells.

The first of 4 new clinical trial of artificial pancreas systems has begun, which could benefit patients with type 2 diabetes.

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PI3K inhibitors loaded into nanoparticles provided targeted treatment for head and neck cancers.