Caissa Troutman, MD, shares 3 key strategies for managing hypertension in patients with obesity in primary care.

Annual colorectal cancer screening with FIT was the most cost-effective strategy among patients with low adherence, researchers reported.

Panelists discuss how validated questionnaires, clinical assessment tools, and overnight monitoring devices can help identify patients at risk for obstructive sleep apnea, though polysomnography remains the gold standard for definitive diagnosis.

Panelists discuss how various obstacles impede obstructive sleep apnea diagnosis, including limited access to sleep studies, lack of patient awareness, high costs, long wait times for testing, and inconsistent screening practices among health care providers.

Price negotiations, effective in 2027, cover drugs for diabetes, cancer, COPD, and more, aiming for substantial Medicare savings.

The 20.7% weight loss with the high-dose of semaglutide bested the mean reduction of 17.5% seen with semaglutide 2.4 mg, according to Novo Nordisk.

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The DEA action includes 3 new telehealth rules that make permanent several flexibilities enacted during the pandemic and also establish new protections for patients.

Mineralys Therapeutics also expects topline data from its phase 2 study of lorundrostat for the treatment of uncontrolled hypertension or resistant hypertension when used as an add-on therapy.

The effective approach to identifying risk for the disruptive cognitive issues holds promise for development of early intervention to mitigate decline.