‘We’re Fighting For Our Lives’: Patients Protest Sky-High Insulin Prices
(By Bram Sable-Smith, Side Effects Public Media for Kaiser Health News) Angela Lautner knew her thirst was unusual, even for
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Emerging Health Issues
Insurers, businesses and consumer advocates unite against surprise medical bills
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) Nine organizations representing consumers, businesses and health insurance providers revealed they are banding together to
Read MoreDemocrats are suddenly eyeing a valuable pharma asset: its patents
(By Lev Facher for STAT) WASHINGTON — Forget the push to bring more generics to market or to tweak Medicare’s
Read MoreRecognizing Suicide’s Warning Signs Could Save Lives
(By Christine Vestal for Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts) PORTLAND — For Portland resident Stephen Canova, thoughts
Read MoreClaim of CRISPR’d baby girls stuns genome editing summit
(By Sharon Begley for STAT) HONG KONG — A Chinese scientist’s claim that he used the genome editing technology CRISPR-Cas9 to alter
Read MoreOvershadowed By Opioids, Meth Is Back And Hospitalizations Surge
(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News) The number of people hospitalized because of amphetamine use is skyrocketing in the
Read MorePharmacists have been called on to make naloxone widely available. But do they know how to use it?
(By Lev Facher for STAT) ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Sixty pharmacists began a recent Friday here in the company of a
Read MoreInsured adults are seeing their primary care physicians less, study finds
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) Office visits to primary care physicians are declining among adults with employer-sponsored health
Read MoreFDA Seeks Ban On Menthol Cigarettes To Fight Teen Smoking
(By Rob Stein for NPR) The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it will seek a ban on the
Read MoreProtesters take anger over insulin prices to drug makers, some bearing children’s ashes
(By Megan Thielking for STAT) On Mother’s Day, Nicole Smith-Holt, whose son died last year after rationing his insulin, protested
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