February 24, 2022
As an aging America faces rising rates of obesity and diabetes, people may also find themselves facing a dangerous cardiovascular disease.
February 17, 2022
Even after vowing to expand patients’ engagement in its process, the nation’s most active health technology assessment organization has shut them out.
February 17, 2022
Patients, alongside their health care providers, should decide which medication is right for them. Yet, with increasing frequency, that decision is being overruled by “the middleman.”
February 14, 2022
Most patients with cystic fibrosis are just wrapping up an annual hassle of the new year – that of confirming their insurance will still cover the medications they need. It’s a process known as insurance reauthorization.
February 10, 2022
By Johana R. Fajardo, DNP, ANP-BC - I walk with many amyloidosis patients throughout their journey, from diagnosis to end of life.
February 8, 2022
Cancer touches people from all walks of life. But, too often, cutting-edge cancer treatments aren’t accessible to everyone equally.
February 4, 2022
Most Medicare beneficiaries could be blocked from accessing the first-of-its-kind therapy for Alzheimer’s disease, if a proposed rule goes into effect.
February 2, 2022
As one of the many physicians who has seen patients harmed by misleading television advertisements, I urge policymakers to make this the year they rein in “bad drug” ads.
January 31, 2022
The latest update to the National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease sets an ambitious goal: to prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer’s by 2025.
January 27, 2022
Infants and children may soon have another line of protection against potentially life-threatening infections. Protecting Against Pneumococcal Disease The Food…
Why Don’t Insurers Take Obesity Seriously?
June 30, 2022
Feds Poised to Take a Hard Look at Pharmacy Benefit Managers
June 28, 2022
Federal Court Upholds West Virginia Law that Reigns in “Bad Drug” Ads
June 24, 2022