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Thereās a term for reducing unnecessary or harmful drugs: ādeprescribing.ā Especially as patients age, experts say, itās important to regularly review the medications theyāre taking.
Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Hereās a collection of their appearances.
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Hours after experiencing a flare-up related to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Kenney Blewett of Kyle, Texas, died by suicide in June. A medication his doctor prescribed days earlier to ease his breathing problems hadnāt been filled due to an āinsurance issue,ā his pharmacy explained via email.
Some states have considered barring companies that own a PBM from also owning brick-and-mortar pharmacies, as CVS does. Two states have followed through. A similar proposal at the federal level has gained prominent sponsors, aligning conservative, business-friendly Republicans with Democrats traditionally more open to government regulation.
āBrain cancerā or āH4 G34-mutantā? As knowledge about genetics advances, some doctors say cancers should be defined by their mutations, not the tissues where they manifest.
To get drugs and devices out faster, the FDA lets companies conduct studies of safety or efficacy after the products are approved. In many cases, such āpostmarketā studies are behind schedule or overdue, records show.
Not all older people need benzodiazepines, antibiotics, or daily aspirin ā and taking them can carry increased risks.
With his online pharmacy, Mark Cuban changed how generic drugs are sold ā and he has thoughts about how to fix the healthcare system. The billionaire businessman talks to Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Julie Rovner to answer the question: āHow Would You Fix It?ā
Patients and researchers point to evidence that many cancer drug dosages are excessive, and that reducing the amount and frequency could save billions of dollars and prevent some of the worst side effects.
California is the first to launch state-branded insulin as Gov. Gavin Newsom tries to disrupt the pharmaceutical industry. But the new CalRx drug label has been slow to reach pharmacies and patients.
The way people undergo abortions has changed. This video details five things to know.
Bill Cassidy of Louisiana chairs the Senateās health committee. In an interview with Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Julie Rovner, he discusses the drug supply, his proposal to defray out-of-pocket costs, and his controversial vote to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary.
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Drugmakers provide financial assistance to help patients afford increasingly expensive medications. But some insurers do not count those payments toward a planās deductible or out-of-pocket maximum and make patients pay instead.
Thousands of people who had a Medicare drug plan with zero-dollar premiums last year got small premium increases this year ā and didnāt know it. They were dropped from their coverage for failing to pay amounts as little as $8, and most canāt get it again until 2027.
Margaret Hvatum ended up in the hospital after her insurer denied coverage of a medicine she relies on to boost her immune system. Hvatum got entangled in the preapproval process, which the insurance industry has vowed to improve.
As a federal court mulls a case that could result in significant restrictions on a pill used in most abortions, providers say they have alternatives to preserve access even in states with bans in place.
Four years after the Volunteer State enacted the nationās first law allowing drugstores to sell ivermectin without patient-specific prescriptions, dozens of pharmacies dispense the drug in highly concentrated pills ā many with the help of one anti-vaccine physician.
Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Hereās a collection of their appearances.
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