More than half of Medicaid-covered adults in Alabama with Type 2 diabetes did not receive follow-up health care within the recommended two-week period following hospitalization for newly-diagnosed heart failure, according to new research. The analysis, published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association, […]
(Reuters) – Britain plans to launch a pilot programme exploring how new weekly weight-loss shots such as Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy can be given to obese patients by general practitioners even as the drug’s market launch remains unclear. The government’s announcement on the 40-million-pound ($50 million) pilot programme comes after drug cost-effectiveness watchdog NICE in March […]
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Folks who are loaded down with medical debt are less likely to survive a bout of cancer, a new study reports. Researchers found that U.S. counties where more residents have medical debt in collections also had more cancer deaths, compared to counties with less medical debt. “This association was seen for all cancers combined, and […]
If you have been stung by a jellyfish at the beach, you’ll know how painful and unpleasant it can be. But how best to treat jellyfish stings has been debated over the years. Is it best to use hot water or an ice pack? How about pouring on vinegar or rubbing with sand? Then there’s […]
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved letermovir (Prevymis) for the additional indication of prevention of cytomegalovirus in high-risk adult kidney transplant recipients. The approval for CMV disease prophylaxis in adult kidney transplant recipients is based on a phase 3 trial of the drug, published this week in the Journal of the American […]
A promising new targeted cancer therapy will soon be available to certain patients with advanced pancreatic cancer – from the comfort of their home. The treatment will be available through a first-of-its-kind, entirely telehealth-based cancer clinical trial at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove […]
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Long Covid victim discusses daily impact of virus Most recently, research utilising advanced brain scanning technology has uncovered that long Covid patients are in fact suffering from elevated inflammation. Dr Jeffrey Meyer said: “We already knew that there is brain inflammation in people who died in the midst of a severe, active COVID-19 infection. “What’s […]
Brain tumour: Cancer Research UK on 'different types' in 2017 Keith Evans was just 21 when he collapsed during a suspected panic attack in February 2010. The man was then diagnosed with anxiety and told to “breathe”. Although he was interviewing for a job at the time, his parents thought that this diagnosis seemed “odd”. […]
