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Chronic Disease Solutions: Spotlight on COVID-19 and its Impact on Heart Disease

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COVID-19 has profoundly changed the world we live in today and will continue to leave an indelible mark long after the pandemic has ended. One area of concern for both health care providers and their patients is the long-term effect of COVID-19 infection on patients with chronic diseases.

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2021 Highlights of Chronic Care Medicine

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Practitioners are cautious about its effectiveness, and Medicare has not decided whether to include it in its formulary. See it here. New Standard for Blood Pressure in Chronic Kidney Disease. Meanwhile, quality performance pay is increasing. The average of the increases is 49%. Aduhelm earns FDA approval.

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Blood Cancer UK: Hopes for our community’s future in the time of COVID

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This Blood Cancer Awareness Month, Blood Cancer UK’s Kate Keightley explains the need for better awareness and understanding of this common, but less-understood disease. This year our community faces some particular challenges as the scale of COVID’s impact becomes clearer. Effects of the pandemic on the blood cancer community.

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New Medication has Implications to avoid Would-be Chronic Diseases

PharmD Live

1 Obesity increases the risk for many health problems, such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, joint disorders, liver disease, gallstones, some types of cancer, and sleep apnea among other conditions. It’s the first GLP-1 agonist approved for weight loss since approving Saxenda (Liraglutide) in 2014.

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A Final LDT Rule in April!? Will FDA be prepared?

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It is not entirely clear how many comments were actually logged in; on December 7, FDA showed 19,655 comments, and the next day 6,732.) (It is not entirely clear how many comments were actually logged in; on December 7, FDA showed 19,655 comments, and the next day 6,732.) By Allyson B.

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