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Pfizer court fight could legalize Medicare copays and unleash ‘gold rush’ in sales

Three years ago, pharma giant Pfizer paid $24 million to settle federal allegations that it was paying kickbacks and inflating sales by reimbursing Medicare patients for out-of-pocket medication costs.

29 Jul 2021

Olympic dream dashed after bike crash and nightmare medical bill over $200k

It was a race in Pennsylvania that could have sent cyclist Phil Gaimon to the Tokyo Olympics; instead, a serious crash landed the Californian in two hospitals on the East Coast.

29 Jul 2021

Covid renews interest in radiation, but docs caution against pilgrimages to radon-filled mines

Twice a year, Brian Tichenor makes the 1,200-mile drive each way from his home in Kansas to a defunct uranium mine in Montana, where he takes an elevator 85 feet below the surface to sit amid radioactive radon gas to ease the pain from his chronic eye condition.

29 Jul 2021

Kids with allergies less likely to get SARS-CoV-2

Asthma is not associated with worse outcomes among children and adolescents with COVID-19.

28 Jul 2021

People with metabolic syndrome may be at higher risk for second stroke, death

People with larger waistlines, high blood pressure and other risk factors that make up metabolic syndrome may be at higher risk for having a second stroke and even dying than people who do not have metabolic syndrome, according to a meta-analysis published in the July 28, 2021, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

28 Jul 2021

Mental health consequences of the pandemic for medical personnel

Physicians, nursing staff, medical technical assistants, and pastoral workers in hospitals: they have all been placed under severe strain by the Covid-19 pandemic.

28 Jul 2021

First interchangeable biosimilar insulin product approved by FDA for treatment of diabetes

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first interchangeable biosimilar insulin product, indicated to improve glycemic control in adults and pediatric patients with Type 1 diabetes mellitus and in adults with Type 2 diabetes mellitus.

28 Jul 2021

Researchers investigate what motivates people to voluntarily wear masks

Protecting one's own health is generally an important motive for voluntarily wearing a face mask during the pandemic.

28 Jul 2021

Unraveling the mysterious mutations that make delta the most transmissible covid virus yet

Upon first inspection, the mutations in the highly contagious delta covid variant don't look that worrisome.

28 Jul 2021

Systematic review explores the effects of ivermectin in preventing and treating COVID-19

Ivermectin, a drug used to treat parasites such as scabies in humans and intestinal helminths in cattle, was screened in 2020 for activity against COVID-19. Laboratory tests suggested a weak effect on SARS-CoV-2 virus in a test tube but did not seem feasible in humans as the doses needed would be large.

28 Jul 2021

Sign-up window for free COBRA coverage for many laid-off workers closes this week

After being laid off from her job as a systems analyst for a specialty chemicals company in December, Gabriela de Pompignan opted to hang on to her former employer's insurance coverage under the federal law known as COBRA.

28 Jul 2021

Women say California insurer makes it too hard to get drug for postpartum depression

When Miriam McDonald decided she wanted to have another baby at age 44, her doctor told her she had a better chance of winning the lottery. So when she got pregnant right away, she and her husband were thrilled. But within three days of giving birth to their son, in September 2019, everything shifted.

28 Jul 2021

Off-season resurgence of respiratory viruses poses a threat to vulnerable infants

Canada should anticipate a resurgence of a childhood respiratory virus as COVID-19 physical distancing measures are relaxed, authors warn in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

27 Jul 2021

Study reveals disparities in heart failure diagnosis within clinical practices

Many heart failure diagnoses may be missed in a primary care setting. Women, Black adults and individuals with lower net worth are significantly more likely to be diagnosed with heart failure in an acute care setting such as the emergency room or during a hospitalization, even if they reported symptoms of heart failure during a routine, outpatient health care appointment during the previous six months, according to new research published today in Circulation: Heart Failure, an American Heart Association journal.

27 Jul 2021

Analysis of DNA tags could advance the understanding and treatment of many cancers

Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) shed into the blood was discovered in the late 1940s but with rapid advances in genomics and computational analytics in just the past few years, researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center now believe that studying tags, or modifications to this type of DNA, may lead to a better understanding of how to assess, and possibly modulate, treatment approaches for cancer and other diseases.

27 Jul 2021

Health Care News and Research

Pfizer court fight could legalize Medicare copays and unleash ‘gold rush’ in sales

Olympic dream dashed after bike crash and nightmare medical bill over $200k

Covid renews interest in radiation, but docs caution against pilgrimages to radon-filled mines

Kids with allergies less likely to get SARS-CoV-2

People with metabolic syndrome may be at higher risk for second stroke, death

Mental health consequences of the pandemic for medical personnel

First interchangeable biosimilar insulin product approved by FDA for treatment of diabetes

Researchers investigate what motivates people to voluntarily wear masks

Unraveling the mysterious mutations that make delta the most transmissible covid virus yet

Systematic review explores the effects of ivermectin in preventing and treating COVID-19

Sign-up window for free COBRA coverage for many laid-off workers closes this week

Women say California insurer makes it too hard to get drug for postpartum depression

Off-season resurgence of respiratory viruses poses a threat to vulnerable infants

Study reveals disparities in heart failure diagnosis within clinical practices

Analysis of DNA tags could advance the understanding and treatment of many cancers

Bye-bye to health insurance ‘birthday rule’? Kansas lawmaker floats fix

How a doctor breaks norms to treat refugees and recent immigrants

Want fries with that vaccine? Even at a fast-food restaurant, pop-up clinics see slow traffic

One dose of mRNA vaccine reduced COVID risk for at least four months in health care workers

A novel interferon-γ release assay for detection of SARS-CoV-2 specific T-cell response

Event guide: 3rd Measuring Patient Engagement Summit eBook

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

How microplastics and bacteria interact to drive antibiotic resistance

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