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Here’s what you missed this week on Managed Healthcare Executive.

Featured in this latest episode of Tuning In to the C-Suite podcast is Paul Fronstin, director of health benefits research at EBRI, who shed light on the evolving landscape of health benefits with editors of Managed Healthcare Executive.

Although the primary endpoint was not met in a phase 2 study of women who used CBD before a scan, researchers say CBD does have some anti-anxiety effects.

In this latest episode of Tuning In to the C-Suite podcast, Briana Contreras, an editor with MHE had the pleasure of meeting Loren McCaghy, director of consulting, health and consumer engagement and product insight at Accenture, to discuss the organization's latest report on U.S. consumers switching healthcare providers and insurance payers.

Some muscles are resistant to the loss of motor neurons seen in patients with spinal muscular atrophy, and new research has discovered that even in muscles that appeared resistant to SMA, subtle changes had occurred at the cellular level.

For people with pain hyperacusis, everyday sounds trigger pain. The condition can lead to social isolation and worse. Treatment options are limited.