July 9, 2019
Two new publications make it clear: Patients in pain need access to integrative, comprehensive care.
June 27, 2019
Today, approximately 12 percent of the global population experiences migraine attacks. And more than one third of these people have…
June 27, 2019
“Restrictive insurance policies keep patients from the very medications that can prevent and treat [headache and migraine disease],” asserts the…
June 7, 2019
Elated. Nervous. Hopeful. That’s how thousands of cystic fibrosis patients felt upon hearing last week’s news: the Food and Drug Administration will soon review a new triple combination therapy that could drastically improve their quality of life.
May 29, 2019
Cancer patients are breathing a sigh of relief. So are patients with movement disorders. And those with epilepsy, HIV and…
February 25, 2019
Paul has been coming to our dermatology office for years. He has painful psoriasis; after years of trying different medications he finally found one that controls his symptoms. Then Paul changed insurance companies in the middle of his treatment.
February 12, 2019
A Trump administration proposal designed to cut prescription drug costs could actually see some seniors paying $2,000 more each month out of their own pockets, a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests.
January 9, 2019
Decades after Congress passed the Orphan Drug Act, only about 10 percent of patients with rare diseases actually receive treatment with orphan drugs, a new report finds.
November 21, 2018
The long wait is over for Illinois Medicaid patients with hepatitis C.
November 20, 2018
Devastating. Awful. Miserable. That’s how patients and advocates described step therapy during a recent Derma Care Access Network policy panel on Capitol Hill.
