PTCommunity News August 2015

New 'Tissue Velcro' Could Help Repair Damaged Hearts
FDA Warns That DPP-4 Inhibitors for Type-2 Diabetes May Cause Severe Joint Pain
Finerenone Cuts Deaths in Mid-Stage Trial
FDA Approves New Indication for Seizure Therapy Eslicarbazepine (Aptiom)
CMS Advisors Recommend Hospital Payment for Advance Care Planning
Scientists Develop Nasal Spray for Mental Illness
Empagliflozin/Metformin Combo Tablet Wins FDA Nod for Adults With Type-2 Diabetes
FDA Approves Evolocumab (Repatha) to Treat Certain Patients With High Cholesterol
New York Hospital Begins Posting Online Patient Reviews of Physicians
Medicare Pay Won’t Be Tailored to Providers
Positive Results Reported for Daratumumab in Multiple Myeloma Patients
Electrical Nerve-Stimulation Device Prevents Migraine
FDA Lays Out Naming Rules for Lower-Cost Biotech Drugs
Medicare ACOs Saved $411M in 2014, But Few Earned Bonuses
Study: Use of Observation Stays Drives Up Costs for One in Four Medicare Patients
Oral Diabetes Treatment Semaglutide Enters Phase III Trial
FDA Accepts Application for Muscular Dystrophy Drug Eteplirsen
Latest Trend: Hospitals Build Bigger Rooms for Bigger Patients
‘Cowboy Doctors’ and Health Care Spending
Will FDA Finally Stop Impinging on Free Speech?
FDA Accepts Application for Afatinib (Gilotrif) for Treatment of Advanced Lung Cancer
NIH Study Shows No Benefit of Omega-3 or Other Nutritional Supplements for Cognitive Decline
FDA Expands Use of Eltrombopag (Promacta) in Young Children With Rare Blood Disorder
Physicians Top List of Highest-Paying Jobs
An ICD-10 Checklist
Radiation Costs, Individual Cancers Poorly Correlated
Tests Used to Measure Internal Bleeding May Not Be Reliable, Study Finds
Market Report: Hyperphosphatemia Drug Auryxia Is Slow to Catch On
Patient Navigators Linked to Shorter Hospital Stays
New Tool Compares Costs and Benefits of Cancer Treatments
Scientists Use Tiny Gold Rods to Relieve Intractable Pain
Positive Results Reported for Meningococcal Vaccine Trumenba
FDA Accepts Botox (OnabotulinumtoxinA) Resubmission for Treatment of Lower-Limb Spasticity in Adults
Proposed Sepsis-Reporting Rules Could Lead to Overtreatment
Three Steps for Improving Patient Satisfaction
Empagliflozin (Jardiance) Reduces Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes Patients
Report: Endometrial Cancer on Rise in U.S.
FDA: ‘Low T’ Therapy Has Yet to Be Proven
Another Scope-Related ‘Superbug’ Found at California Hospital
Five Factors That Indicate Patients May Be at Risk for Unplanned Readmissions
Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement for COPD Screening
Positive Results Reported for Investigational Drug ITCA 650 in Diabetes Patients
FDA Okays First Treatment for Sexual Desire Disorder
Competition Forces Seattle Provider to Cut Outpatient Prices
Experts Warn of ‘Too-Big-to-Fail’ Hospital Mergers
FDA Agrees to Review Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) for First-Line Treatment of Advanced Melanoma
Brentuximab Vedotin (Adcetris) Wins Approval for Treatment of Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients
FDA Issues Warning to Scope Makers Over Spread of ‘Superbugs’
Cost of Diabetes Drugs Often Overlooked –– But Shouldn’t Be
Report: Only 10% of Heart Failure Patients Are Referred for Cardiac Rehab
Molecular Breast Imaging Increases Accurate Cancer Diagnoses, Mayo Clinic Finds
Atezolizumab Shrinks Lung Tumors in Pivotal Trial
FDA Approves Use of OxyContin in Children Aged 11 to 16 Years
For Hospitals, Sleep and Patient Satisfaction May Go Hand in Hand
CMS Delays Enforcement of Two-Midnight Rule
Scientists Make Opioids From Bioengineered Yeast Instead of Poppies
Bevacizumab (Avastin) Eye Injections Not Linked to Higher Risk of Blindness
Market Report: Oral Treatments Take Center Stage as Neurologists Try to Stop MS Progression Sooner
New Tool to Prevent Patient Falls Could Help Hospitals Save $1M in Costs
More Physicians Reporting Dissatisfaction With EHR Systems
FDA Accepts New Drug Application for Deutetrabenazine for Treatment of Huntington Disease
FDA Delays Review of Melanoma Drug Nivolumab (Opdivo)
Dasatinib (Sprycel) Gets Label Update
JAMA Study: Performance Measures Neglect Health Care Overuse
Push to Vaccinate Health Workers Is On
NIH Report: Pain in the U.S.
Elderly, Ambulatory Surgery Patients More Likely to Be Readmitted
High-Risk Medical Devices Backed by Few Studies, Authors Find
AbbVie to Seek Approval for Potential Blockbuster Leukemia Drug
Notifying Patients of Their Observation Status Is Now Law
FDA Accepts Supplemental NDA for Vortioxetine (Brintellix) for Patients With Major Depressive Disorder
Positive Results Reported for Respiratory Vaccine
Zubsolv (Buprenorphine/Naloxone) Wins FDA Nod for Induction of Maintenance Therapy in Opioid-Dependent Patients
FDA Can’t Block ‘Truthful’ Marketing of Drug for Unapproved Uses, Judge Rules
Partnerships With ‘Harm Reduction Centers’ May Cut Hospital Readmissions
Extension Study Supports Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Eloctate
FDA Approves Keveyis for Primary Hyperkalemic and Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis
Drug Candidate Kills Cancer Cells Through Overstimulation
Study of 83,000 Vets Finds Cardiovascular Benefits to Testosterone Replacement
CVS Health Urges Reconsideration of Cholesterol Management Guidelines
Web-Based Toolkit Aids Patient–Provider Communication
Brain's Ability to Clear Key Alzheimer's Protein Drops Sharply With Age
Scientists Adopt New Strategy to Find Huntington’s Disease Therapies
Biomarker Could Predict Responses to Breast and Prostate Cancer Treatment
Prescription Medications Common in Pregnancy
Pfizer and Synthon Join for Potential Generic Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis
Ovarian Cancer Survival Is Higher Than Widely Believed
New Diagnostic Guidelines for Myeloma
Medicare Rule May Needlessly Extend Some Hospital Stays
Prostate Cancer Survival Improves With Earlier Use of Docetaxel
CDC Modeling Predicts Growth of Drug-Resistant Infections
FDA Offers Guidance on Duodenoscope Cleaning
Hospitals Focus on Seniors to Prevent Readmissions
FDA Warning: Rare Cases of Brain Infection Reported With Fingolimod (Gilenya)
New Cancer Cocktails Expected to Test Price Ceilings
Naldemedine Shows Promise in Treatment of Opioid-Induced Constipation
FDA Says ‘Yes’ to Levetiracetam (Spritam) for Epilepsy-Related Seizures
Medical Scopes and ‘Superbugs’: Infection Risk Greater Than Previously Thought
Half of U.S. Hospitals Again Fail to Escape Medicare’s Readmission Penalties
Oncologists Debate High Cost of Cancer Drugs
Carcinoid Syndrome Treatment Telotristat Meets Primary Objective in Phase III Trial
FDA Approves Azelaic Acid Foam (Finacea) for Topical Treatment of Rosacea
Rural Hospitals Call for Relief From Federal Regulations
Most States Fail on Price Transparency Laws
Citing Hacking Risk, FDA Says Facilities Shouldn’t Use Symbiq Infusion Pump

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PTCommunity News August 2015