November 16, 2015
Patients living with pain increasingly face an added dimension to their condition: stigma.
November 12, 2015
Much more than simply a sticker on a medicine bottle, drug labels – or “prescribing information”—provide physicians with crucial information about medical therapies.
November 10, 2015
Prematurity Awareness Month kicked off this November with a “C” grade for the United States from the 2015 March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card.
November 6, 2015
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has a message for state Medicaid programs: coverage policies cannot block hepatitis C patients’ access to “effective, clinically appropriate and medically necessary treatments.”
November 5, 2015
Patients battling chronic disease may find little consolation in the Department of Health and Human Services’ newly proposed rule on non-discrimination under the Affordable Care Act.
November 3, 2015
Widespread debate erupted several weeks ago when a pharmaceutical start-up bought and raised the price of a 60-year-old drug by 5,000 percent.
October 29, 2015
Recent research has yielded new clues about the early indicators of Alzheimer’s disease, raising hopes for breakthrough treatments to slow the degenerative disease.
October 27, 2015
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network has become the latest organization to offer a tool for evaluating cancer treatments based on price and effectiveness.
October 22, 2015
The federal government’s 1990s “Share your life. Share your decision.” awareness campaign capitalized on endorsements from the likes of Michael Jordan to increase organ donor registrations nationwide.
October 20, 2015
The 340B drug pricing program may soon be one step closer to reclaiming its original intent: allowing hospitals to provide care and necessary medical therapies for underserved patients.
