There has been a six-fold increase in sales of infant formula prescribed for babies with cows' milk protein allergy in the United Kingdom from 2006 to 2016. This is despite no evidence of a concurrent increase in the prevalence ...
Dec 6, 2018
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The expansive court case seeking to hold drugmakers responsible for the nation's opioid crisis has a new complication: How does it deal with claims covering the thousands of babies born addicted to the drugs?
Nov 29, 2018
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Desperate for relief after years of agony, Jim Taft listened intently as his pain management doctor described a medical device that could change his life.
Nov 25, 2018
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Hospitals should be cautious of group purchasing organizations, or entities that act as middlemen between health care providers and manufacturers, says Martin Makary, M.D., M.P.H., a professor of surgery at the Johns Hopkins ...
Oct 18, 2018
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More than a fifth of meat tested in Britain last year contained DNA from animals not listed on the label, according to the BBC.
Sep 5, 2018
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(HealthDay)—The expiration dates of certain batches of EpiPens have been extended by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in an effort to reduce shortages of the life-saving devices.
Aug 22, 2018
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A team of researchers led by UMBC have developed a novel approach to making therapeutic proteins available at the point of care.
Jul 10, 2018
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Researchers from three universities have found that extreme price competition in the generic pharmaceutical market—designed to make medications more affordable—may be putting more patients at serious health risk, as evidenced ...
May 30, 2018
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There is a cure or the nation's deadliest infectious disease, hepatitis C, but at tens of thousands of dollars per patient in upfront costs, most insurance companies can't afford to provide the treatment to all of the estimated ...
May 14, 2018
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(HealthDay)—The recombinant influenza vaccine (RIV4) is well tolerated in children aged 6 to 17 years, and it provides immunogenicity comparable to that of the inactivated vaccine, according to a study published online ...
Apr 2, 2018
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