Medications

Report: Remdesivir dominated hospital drug spending in 2021

The COVID-19 treatment remdesivir dominated hospital drug spending in 2021, accounting for nearly 10% of all pharmaceutical expenses and outpacing the next three drugs combined, according to the National Trends in Prescription ...

Health

Buzz kills: No amount of alcohol safe to drive

In the United States, the blood-alcohol limit may be 0.08 percent, but no amount of alcohol seems to be safe for driving, according to a University of California, San Diego sociologist. A study led by David Phillips and published ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

US drinking water sanitation still a concern: CDC

(HealthDay)—While U.S. water sanitation has improved, bacteria-laden drinking water continues to cause disease outbreaks, according to a report released Thursday by federal health officials.

Neuroscience

Diagnosis in the digital age: A case for home videos

A man in the clinic has had two seizure-like episodes in his lifetime. Selim Benbadis, director of the University of South Florida's epilepsy program, and his resident take a history and complete an exam. They are fairly ...

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