Colorado blames Biden team and drugmakers for delaying Canadian imports

by Phil Galewitz, KFF Health NewsCredit: CC0 Public DomainColorado officials say their plan to import cheaper medicines from Canada has been stymied by opposition from drugmakers and inaction by the B

Updated on: January 26,2024 19

Colorado blames Biden team and drugmakers for delaying Canadian imports

by Phil Galewitz, KFF Health NewsCredit: CC0 Public DomainColorado officials say their plan to import cheaper medicines from Canada has been stymied by opposition from drugmakers and inaction by the B

Updated on:January 26,2024 19

West Virginia city once battered by opioid overdoses confronts 'fourth wave'

by Taylor Sisk, KFF Health NewsCredit: CC0 Public DomainFrom 2006 through 2014, more than 81 million painkiller pills were shipped to this city and surrounding rural Cabell County.The arrival of presc

Updated on: March 28,2024 0

West Virginia city once battered by opioid overdoses confronts 'fourth wave'

by Taylor Sisk, KFF Health NewsCredit: CC0 Public DomainFrom 2006 through 2014, more than 81 million painkiller pills were shipped to this city and surrounding rural Cabell County.The arrival of presc

Updated on:March 28,2024 0

Transdifferentiation with RNA sequencing aids diagnosis of genetic disorders

by Molly Chiu,Baylor College of MedicineCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainResearchers at Baylor College of Medicine have tested the feasibility of using human cell transdifferentiation with RNA

Updated on: April 27,2024 0

Transdifferentiation with RNA sequencing aids diagnosis of genetic disorders

by Molly Chiu,Baylor College of MedicineCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainResearchers at Baylor College of Medicine have tested the feasibility of using human cell transdifferentiation with RNA

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Nearly 40% of type 2 diabetes patients stop taking their second-line medication, finds study

byNorthwestern UniversityCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainMost patients with type 2 diabetes will end up needing to add a second-line medication after metformin—the go-to primary drug for gluco

Updated on: January 26,2024 17

Nearly 40% of type 2 diabetes patients stop taking their second-line medication, finds study

byNorthwestern UniversityCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainMost patients with type 2 diabetes will end up needing to add a second-line medication after metformin—the go-to primary drug for gluco

Updated on:January 26,2024 17

New AI model efficiently reaches clinical-expert-level accuracy in complex medical scans

byUniversity of California, Los AngelesCredit: MART PRODUCTION from PexelsUCLA researchers have developed a deep-learning framework that teaches itself quickly to automatically analyze and diagn

Updated on: October 09,2024 0

New AI model efficiently reaches clinical-expert-level accuracy in complex medical scans

byUniversity of California, Los AngelesCredit: MART PRODUCTION from PexelsUCLA researchers have developed a deep-learning framework that teaches itself quickly to automatically analyze and diagn

Updated on:October 09,2024 0

Report: US prescription drug prices are 2.78 times those in other wealthy nations

by RAND CorporationCredit: CC0 Public DomainPrescription drug prices in the U.S. are significantly higher than in other nations, with prices in the U.S. averaging 2.78 times those seen in 33 othe

Updated on: March 25,2024 19

Report: US prescription drug prices are 2.78 times those in other wealthy nations

by RAND CorporationCredit: CC0 Public DomainPrescription drug prices in the U.S. are significantly higher than in other nations, with prices in the U.S. averaging 2.78 times those seen in 33 othe

Updated on:March 25,2024 19

A closed-loop drug-delivery system could improve chemotherapy

by Anne Trafton,Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyTo make chemotherapy dosing more accurate, MIT engineers have come up with a way to continuously measure how much drug is in the patient’s sy

Updated on: April 28,2024 0

A closed-loop drug-delivery system could improve chemotherapy

by Anne Trafton,Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyTo make chemotherapy dosing more accurate, MIT engineers have come up with a way to continuously measure how much drug is in the patient’s sy

Updated on:April 28,2024 0

Variants in synaptic scaffolding protein PPFIA3 discovered to cause new syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder

byTexas Children's HospitalCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAn international collaborative study has recently discovered that variants in the PPFIA3 gene cause a previously unknown syndromic

Updated on: January 09,2024 10

Variants in synaptic scaffolding protein PPFIA3 discovered to cause new syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder

byTexas Children's HospitalCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAn international collaborative study has recently discovered that variants in the PPFIA3 gene cause a previously unknown syndromic

Updated on:January 09,2024 10

Research finds peer support vital for those taking medication for severe mental illness

byAston UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainResearchers at Aston Pharmacy School have found that people with severe mental illness could benefit from peer support to help them manage thei

Updated on: January 26,2024 11

Research finds peer support vital for those taking medication for severe mental illness

byAston UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainResearchers at Aston Pharmacy School have found that people with severe mental illness could benefit from peer support to help them manage thei

Updated on:January 26,2024 11

FDA's plan to ban hair relaxer chemical called too little, too late

FEBRUARY 13, 2024 Editors' notesby Ronnie Cohen, KFF Health NewsCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIn April, a dozen years after a federal agency classified formaldehyde a human carcinogen, the Food

Updated on: March 15,2024 12

FDA's plan to ban hair relaxer chemical called too little, too late

FEBRUARY 13, 2024 Editors' notesby Ronnie Cohen, KFF Health NewsCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIn April, a dozen years after a federal agency classified formaldehyde a human carcinogen, the Food

Updated on:March 15,2024 12

Study flips treatment paradigm in bilateral Wilms tumor, shows resistance to chemotherapy may be good

by St. Jude Children's Research HospitalCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainResistance to chemotherapy is typically associated with poor outcomes for patients with cancer. However, St. Jude Chil

Updated on: March 30,2024 10

Study flips treatment paradigm in bilateral Wilms tumor, shows resistance to chemotherapy may be good

by St. Jude Children's Research HospitalCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainResistance to chemotherapy is typically associated with poor outcomes for patients with cancer. However, St. Jude Chil

Updated on:March 30,2024 10

Follow-up finds landmark steroid study remains safe 50 years on

byUniversity of AucklandCredit: Bruno Abdiel from PexelsA study has found there are no adverse long-term cardiovascular health consequences for the now-adult children of mothers who were given c

Updated on: April 28,2024 0

Follow-up finds landmark steroid study remains safe 50 years on

byUniversity of AucklandCredit: Bruno Abdiel from PexelsA study has found there are no adverse long-term cardiovascular health consequences for the now-adult children of mothers who were given c

Updated on:April 28,2024 0