Medications
COVID meds like Paxlovid will soon have big price tags
Americans have been getting COVID treatments such as Paxlovid for free, but that's about to end.
Oct 30, 2023
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Medical economics
Many Americans frustrated in search for low-cost COVID boosters
Americans seeking out the new COVID boosters are finding themselves held back by insurance entanglements and supply delays.
Sep 22, 2023
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Genetics
Researchers can learn a lot with your genetic information, even when you skip survey questions
Imagine you agreed to be part of a new and exciting long-term research study to better understand human health and behavior. For the past few years, you've been visiting a collection site where you fill out some questionnaires ...
Jun 30, 2023
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Health informatics
New framework for making data findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable
The FAIRplus consortium, including EMBL-EBI and pharmaceutical companies, has launched a new framework to help organizations make their data FAIR.
Jun 29, 2023
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Surgery
How a medical recoding may limit cancer patients' options for breast reconstruction
The federal government is reconsidering a decision that breast cancer patients, plastic surgeons, and members of Congress have protested would limit women's options for reconstructive surgery.
Jun 1, 2023
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Health informatics
Home health is another care setting where workers use judgment language: Study
Language matters, especially in health care. Clinicians rely on patient characteristics to construct a compelling and accurate picture, such as the age, sex, or symptoms in a 25-year-old woman with lower abdominal pain.
May 31, 2023
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Health
Doctors criticize GMC for investments in Nestlé and McDonald's
Doctors have criticized the General Medical Council (GMC) after The BMJ found it had investments in fast food firms, pharmaceutical companies, private medical insurers and private healthcare providers.
Mar 15, 2023
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Medical economics
What is trauma insurance and what do I need to know if I am considering getting it?
Trauma insurance (also known as crisis cover or critical illness insurance) is not a widely understood cover. Many people don't even know it exists.
Feb 27, 2023
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Medications
Viewpoint: How the pharmaceutical industry uses disinformation to undermine drug price reform
Canada's drug prices are the fourth highest in the developed world. Despite this, Innovative Medicines Canada (IMC), the lobby group for Big Pharma, put out a call in November 2022 for the Canadian government to suspend consultations ...
Jan 10, 2023
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Cardiology
No advantage to Medicare Advantage seen in heart attack survival
Nearly half of Americans with Medicare now get their health insurance coverage through a private company that takes part in the federal government's Medicare Advantage program.
Dec 7, 2022
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