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Almost 13 million Americans per year skip meds due to cost
(HealthDay)—Nearly 13 million U.S. adults a year skip or delay filling needed prescriptions due to high price tags, new research shows.
Dec 3, 2021
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Examining the racist origins of United States drug policies
In his work as a pain management pharmacist, Dan Arendt has seen some of his patients stigmatized as "drug seekers" or blamed for their use of opioids rather than being acknowledged as a person who is suffering from a severely ...
Feb 18, 2022
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Policymakers need better knowledge of obesity-related factors
Policymakers have an important role in limiting obesity because the policies and laws they set can be catalysts for significant change, according to Kansas State University researchers.
May 30, 2011
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How the policy change of making smoking-cessation drugs available over the counter can help
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported that cigarette smoking reached an all-time low in 2017, with just 14 percent of Americans still indulging in the habit. However, despite the promising ...
Feb 8, 2019
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Vaping bans are ineffective, experts report
Vaping products have contributed to a decline in cigarette smoking but have increased the number of middle and high school students who are addicted to nicotine—a problem that can only be effectively addressed through regulation ...
Mar 4, 2020
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Medications
Researchers find alarming risk for people coming off chronic opioid prescriptions
With a huge push to reduce opioid prescribing, little is known about the real-world benefits or risks to patients.
Sep 6, 2019
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Medications
England's national drugs policy is failing, warn experts
Hard lessons need to be learnt from England's failing national drug policy following the steep rise in drug related deaths since 2012, warn public health experts in The BMJ this week.
Oct 17, 2016
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Pediatrics
Medical pot only OK for sick kids failed by other drugs: MDs
With virtually no hard proof that medical marijuana benefits sick children, and evidence that it may harm developing brains, the drug should only be used for severely ill kids who have no other treatment option, the nation's ...
Jan 26, 2015
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Study shows how drug manufacturers use FDA, patent strategies to keep insulin prices high
Over the last four decades, insulin manufacturers have extended their periods of market exclusivity on brand-name insulin products by employing several strategies, including filing additional patents on their products after ...
Nov 16, 2023
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Addiction
Study reveals pharmacy-level barriers to treatment for opioid use disorder in Appalachian Kentucky
A new study led by University of Kentucky researcher April Young and Emory University researcher Hannah Cooper shows that a number of pharmacies in the Appalachian region of Kentucky are limiting the dispensing of buprenorphine, ...
Apr 28, 2020
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