Archive for June, 2026

๐‚๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐’ ๐๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ? ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ, ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ, ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž.

Health insurance coverage in the USA is declining, driven by the expiration of enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies and post-pandemic Medicaid unwinding. Millions are dropping out of the market due to unaffordable premiums, while those who retain plans face narrower networks, stricter coverage denials, and higher out-of-pocket costs. The decline in US health insurance […]

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค?

The most harmful industrial ingredients contributing to dementia risk are processed meat preservatives (nitrites/nitrates), added sugars (high-fructose corn syrup), and chemical additives like emulsifiers. Rather than focusing on a single nutrient, public health studiesโ€”including recent 2026 data from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Healthโ€”point to specific chemical formulations and industrial ingredients that directly […]

Demystifying Long-Horizon Survival Forecasting in Oncology HTAโ€”Perspective Manuscript

Dear Drs. xxxxxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, I write to inquire whether the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology would consider a Perspective manuscript entitled xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. The manuscript (~5,100 words, 37 references) addresses a problem that experienced clinical epidemiologists and HTA reviewers recognize but that the published literature has been reluctant to name directly: when Phase 3 trials produce […]

Adeno-associated virus serotype 9 (AAV9): tool of gene therapy that crosses the BBB

Adeno-associated virus serotype 9 (AAV9) is highly valued in gene therapy because it can cross the blood-brain barrier. It is primarily used to treat monogenic neurological and neuromuscular disorders, most notably Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). AAV9 vectors deliver functional genetic material to replace or suppress faulty genes. Approved treatments and advanced clinical trials using AAV9 […]

HEOR Survival Statistics and Data Shading

๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐š ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐  ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐š ๐ก๐š๐ณ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ŸŽ.๐Ÿ–๐ŸŽ โ€” ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž โ€” ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐š๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ก ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐š๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐š๐ง. ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ. ๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ฌ. The drug costs $28,000/month. If a cancer drug showed “statistically significant survival […]