January 6, 2022
Big data helps in understanding asthma biologic use, outcomes
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 25 million Americans have asthma, and that number is increasing every year. In the last 10 years, a number of new medications have become available. Collectively referred to as ‘biologics,’ these therapies are made to target very specific parts of the body and its immune […]
Tags: asthma, big data, Che Ngufor, inflammation, Jacob Maddux, Matthew Rank, Molly Jeffery, Nilay Shah, OptumLabs
August 5, 2019
Blood thinners in combination increase bleeding risk, Mayo study finds
Gastrointestinal bleeding is a common side effect for many blood-thinning medications. But new Mayo Clinic research finds that risk is amplified when patients receive more than one blood thinner – especially if they’re 75 or older. The study, published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, found patients receiving an anticoagulant drug and an antiplatelet drug, in […]
Tags: AHRQ, anticoagulant, antiplatelet, blood thinner, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Che Ngufor, gastroenterology, Neena Abraham, Nilay Shah, OptumLabs, Peter Noseworthy, Xiaoxi Yao