Dermatology
Branded Rx Requests Up Medicare Costs by $1.6 Billion
TUESDAY, April 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Prescribers and patients motivated 30.4 percent of all branded dispensing of multisource drugs in the Medicare Part D program in 2017, according to a study published online March 2 in JAMA Network Open. Mariana P. Socal, M.D., Ph.D., from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in...
Risk of Quitting Up for Medical Center Employees, Faculty During Pandemic
MONDAY, April 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A substantial number of employees and trainees working at medical centers have experienced major stress and work disruptions because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey study published online April 2 in JAMA Network Open. Rebecca K. Delaney, Ph.D., from the University of Utah in Salt Lake...
Medicare Spending on Physician Services Down $9.4B During First Half of 2020
MONDAY, April 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Medicare spending on physician services declined an estimated $9.4 billion between January and June 2020, according to a report from the American Medical Association (AMA). Kurt Gillis, Ph.D., on behalf of the AMA, used claims data to assess Medicare fee-for-service spending for the first six months of 2020,...
Mobile Robotic System Perceived as Acceptable for Health Tasks
FRIDAY, April 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A mobile robotic system is perceived to be acceptable for use in multiple health tasks, and its use for triage interview is satisfactory for patients, according to a study published online March 4 in JAMA Network Open. Peter R. Chai, M.D., from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston,...
Upadacitinib Beats Placebo for Psoriatic Arthritis
WEDNESDAY, March 31, 2021 (HealthDay News) — For patients with psoriatic arthritis, upadacitinib at a dose of 15 mg or 30 mg once daily is more effective than placebo, according to a study published in the April 1 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Iain B. McInnes, M.D., Ph.D., from the University of...
Community Exposures Tied to SARS-CoV-2 Seropositivity in HCWs
WEDNESDAY, March 31, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Community exposures, but not workplace factors, are associated with seropositivity to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) among health care personnel (HCP), according to a study published online March 10 in JAMA Network Open. Jesse T. Jacob, M.D., from Emory University in Atlanta, and colleagues conducted a...
IRS: COVID-19 PPE Tax-Deductible
MONDAY, March 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Faces masks, hand sanitizer, and disinfecting wipes are among the types of COVID-19 personal protective equipment (PPE) that Americans can deduct as a medical expense when filing taxes this year, the Internal Revenue Service says. Deductions are allowed for purchases of COVID-19 PPE for use by an individual...
New US Assistant Secretary of Health Is First Openly Transgender Federal Official
THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Rachel Levine, M.D., has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as assistant secretary of health, becoming the first openly transgender federal official to win Senate confirmation. The vote Wednesday was 52-48 and the result was mostly along party lines. Only two Republicans — Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska...
Abrocitinib Bests Placebo for Treatment of Atopic Dermatitis
For moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis, the oral Janus kinase 1 (JAK1) inhibitor abrocitinib at 200 mg or 100 mg once daily results in significantly greater reductions in signs and symptoms versus placebo, according to a study published in the March 25 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Thomas Bieber, M.D., Ph.D., from the University...
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