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Ashwin N.  Ananthakrishnan, M.D., M.P.H., MGH

Environmental factors like diet and early antibiotic use have an impact on the gut microbiome and can contribute to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), explained Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan, M.D., M.P.H., MGH, associate professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Major Medicaid cuts may be overshadowing work requirements, but they remain a priority for Republicans. Work requirements are “bad health policy,” says Leanne Berge, J.D., CEO of the Community Health Plan of Washington, although they would not have as great an impact as the cuts that have been under discussion.

Three Washington, D.C., healthcare policy experts and the former chief of staff of HHS dive into the healthcare politics and policies of the new administration: RFK Jr.’s confirmation hearings; the future of IRA drug price negotiations and PBM reform; Medicare Advantage under the new administration; DOGE cuts at HHS; and ant-DEI and the social determinants of health.

Monica Christmas, M.D.

Conversations around menopause symptoms are becoming more common, but there is such a thing as potentially calling too much attention, especially in the workplace, according to Monica Christmas, M.D., director of the menopause program at the University of Chicago Medicine and the Center for Women’s Integrated Health.

Bias and stigma are to blame for the way women’s health research has fallen behind, according to Monica Christmas, M.D., director of UChicago Medicine’s menopause program and the Center for Women's Integrated Health and Valentina Sartori, Ph.D., a partner in McKinsey & Company’s Life Sciences Practice, and affiliated leader of the McKinsey Health Institute.

An expert discusses treatments for narcolepsy, comparing options for managing excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and cataplexy, and examines the advantages, limitations, and clinical scenarios for medications targeting EDS versus compared with those for both EDS and cataplexy.

Monica Christmas, M.D.

Menopausal patients are most interested in learning more about non-hormonal treatments to address their symptoms, according to the results of an international survey led by the Menopause Priority Setting Partnership (MAPS). Monica Christmas, M.D., director of the menopause program at the University of Chicago Medicine and the Center for Women’s Integrated Health, discussed the survey details with Managed Healthcare Executive.