Migraine-Related Disability, Work Productivity, and Daily Functioning Among Employed Adults: A Prospective Mixed-Methods Study - Cureus

Guojie Qiao1 na1, Jinhao Jia2,3 na1, Yihong Di2,3, Zeyang Bai2,3, Limeng Xiong2,3, Jiaming Fu2,3, Yuhan Zhang2,3, Xiaozhe Geng2,3, Yuxi Wang2,3, Chunqing Gao2,3, Hao Hu4, Min Guo4, Jie Ma4, Mingming Hu4, Xiaojuan Zhang5, Guangjun Wang4 & … Jian Sun We’re sharing this article early to provide faster access to peer-reviewed, accepted research. It is citable and carries a permanent DOI. This version is subject to further edits and will be replaced automatically by the final Version of Record. All legal disclaimers apply.

Among cancer patients, the high financial cost of cancer care is a prevalent problem. This financial burden is also associated with potentially harmful behavioral strategies that patients might use to cope with costs, such as delaying or forgoing treatment and skipping medications. Collectively, researchers refer to this impact as financial toxicity.

Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) could transform diabetes management for millions of Americans with type 2 diabetes who don't take insulin, according to findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The clinical trial found that adults using CGMs spent approximately five additional hours each day within their target blood sugar range compared with those receiving routine care. Nearly twice as many CGM users also achieved an A1c level below 7%, a common treatment goal for people with diabetes.

Patients who wore noise-canceling headphones during minimally invasive gynecological surgery were significantly less likely to experience postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV), suggest findings from a randomized clinical trial presented at the Anesthesiology 2026 annual meeting.