Medicare Advantage Plans Fielded 35 Million Prior Auth Requests in 2021
Over 35 million prior authorization requests were submitted to Medicare Advantage insurers…
Browsing Tag
Health Azi
Risk for Contralateral Breast Cancer Higher for Certain Pathogenic Variant Carriers
Elana Gotkine
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Women diagnosed with breast cancer who carry germline pathogenic variants (PVs) in BRCA1, BRCA2,…
Risk Factors for Pediatric CKD Progression Identified
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression in children is associated with specific clinical risk factors, according to a study published online Jan. 24…
Lasting Decrease Seen in Risk for All-Cause Mortality After Bariatric Surgery
Elana Gotkine
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- All-cause mortality and mortality from specific causes are reduced for decades after bariatric…
Massachusetts mom to be arraigned in deaths of 3 children
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman is scheduled to be arraigned from a hospital next week in the deaths of her three children.Lindsay Clancy is facing murder and…
Adding Docetaxel to RT Improves Survival in Cisplatin-Ineligible Head & Neck…
Adding docetaxel to radiation therapy (RT) improved survival outcomes in…
Cancer Mortality Rates Increased for Older Seniors With T2DM
Elana Gotkine
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For people with type 2 diabetes, cancer mortality rates are increased for those aged 75 and 85…
AHA News: Genes, Neighborhoods and a Surprising Finding on Stroke Risk
American Heart Association News
FRIDAY, Feb. 3, 2023 (American Heart Association News) -- A genetic score may be able to identify higher stroke risk –…
Peer-Reviewed Journal Publishes Paper Written Almost Entirely by ChatGPT
Text-generating artificial intelligence (AI) models, such as ChatGPT, have the potential to…
Their Alzheimer’s Disease Didn’t Worsen. Why?
Sustained vigorous exercise might have slowed disease progression in two patients with…