Susan Kreimer

Chronic insomnia has been linked to a variety of mental and physical illnesses. Researchers have found that cognitive behavioral therapy is often effective.

Insurers are using prior authorization and other managed care strategies to control costs associated with the growing number of prescriptions, on- and off-label, for the weight-loss medications.

Smartwatches such as the Apple Watch could save insurers money if they detect atrial fibrillation early, but false alarms may be an issue.

Rates dipped in the 1990s, but the opioid epidemic and the contaminated needles associated with it have caused an increase in new acute cases.

A Johns Hopkins study found an association between use of e-cigarettes and prediabetes. More research is needed to tease out the possible causal elements of the association. Meanwhile, a federal government survey found that 1.72 million high school students and 320,000 middle schoolers are current users of e-cigarettes.

A recent meta-analysis shows that a large proportion of people with multiple sclerosis have osteopenia or osteoarthritis. Lack of mobility and vitamin D deficiencies may play a causative role.

New technology detects changes in the brain beyond the lesions seen with normal MRI scans.

A longitudinal study of 10 million people in the U.S. military shows the link. The researchers say genetic predisposition, other factors are likely needed for the viral infection to cause multiple sclerosis.