NPR Health - Shots

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with professor of medicine at Harvard Lisa Iezzoni about a new study that finds some doctors don't want patients with disabilities.

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Medical Xpress

MAY 9, 2023

Sports and exercise medicine must up its game to break the cycle of gender bias in the specialty, urge an international group of doctors in an editorial in the open access journal BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine.

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pharmaphorum

MARCH 2, 2022

Amazon’s encroachment into healthcare advanced a little further this week when the online giant launched a doctor consultation service delivered via its Alexa voice assistant, with the help of telehealth player Teladoc. The post Amazon, Teladoc to deliver doctor consultations via Alexa appeared first on.

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FDA Law Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2022

FDA , which held that that banning a single intended use of a specific device was inconsistent with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act’s (“FDC Act”) clear pronouncement that FDA cannot regulate the practice of medicine. Section 1006 refers to the “Practice of Medicine” provision of the FDC Act (21 U.S.C. §

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Fierce Pharma

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Over the past several years, drug shortages have vexed doctors and patients on both sides of the Atlantic, prompting lawmakers and government agencies to take action in both Europe and the U.S. Tuesday, the European Medicines Agency laid out a list of more than 300 critical generic drugs that could fall prey to future shortages.

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NPR Health - Shots

APRIL 20, 2023

desperately needs more Black and Hispanic doctors, research shows. But financial pressures and discrimination can keep young people from even applying to med school. Image credit: Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune via Getty Images)

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World of DTC Marketing

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Today, with that infection risk easing for those who have been vaccinated, many patients nevertheless prefer that doctors, nurses, and other health workers be able to examine and talk to them in person. Of those, 82% reported satisfaction, yet nearly two-thirds — 64% — would have preferred to see their nurse or doctor in person.

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NPR Health - Shots

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Without basic supplies, power and medicine, thousands are needlessly dying. Civil war has blockaded the country's northern region and decimated a hospital system that serves nearly 7 million people. Image credit: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images)

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World of DTC Marketing

AUGUST 7, 2022

First, the health insurance companies are making a lot of money while burying doctors in paperwork and limiting treatment options. Patients and doctors are tired, and insurance companies are raising rates after two years of making a surplus because nobody went to the doctor during the pandemic. The result:?

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 5, 2021

In the US, doctors pointed out that the slow roll-out of the vaccines is due to logistical challenges rather than supply and urged authorities to focus on this rather than delaying the dosing schedule. The post FDA and doctors warn against extending COVID-19 vaccine dose gap appeared first on.

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AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

JANUARY 22, 2023

The vacancies of teaching faculties in the two government ayurveda medical colleges in the state of Telangana still remain vacant despite pressures from association of ayurveda doctors and educational experts on the government wanting appointment of regular faculties.

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NPR Health - Shots

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

A study finds medically tailored healthy meal delivery reduces the risk of patients ending up back in the hospital. These meal programs are benefiting people with diet-related conditions.

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STAT News

MARCH 20, 2023

Many emergency medicine physicians are struggling to provide quality care amid staffing shortages, increased pressure to meet productivity metrics, and frustrated patients battling prolonged wait times. In the emergency room today, everyone is suffering. Read the rest…

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 4, 2021

A recent report highlighted that over 40% of US adults had delayed seeing a doctor during the pandemic. Powering digital medicine platforms with big data and IoT devices ensures clinicians receive access to the entire scope of a patient’s health information while reducing the need for in-person visits and improving patient outcomes.

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Scienmag

APRIL 12, 2021

Main concerns relate to possible ill-effects and a lack of understanding regarding their effectiveness as painkillers Credit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (April 13, 2021) – Ontario doctors are still hesitant to prescribe medical cannabis to patients suffering long-term pain 20 years after it was first introduced, says a new study carried (..)

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 25, 2023

Additionally, it is vital for doctors to routinely review patients’ medications to ensure that they are on the right treatment plan to meet their medical needs. These send reminders to the patient when it is time to take the medication, and sometimes include a checklist within the app.

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STAT News

DECEMBER 17, 2022

“Sports medicine today is still extremely primitive,” said Kentaro Onishi, an assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and doctor on the International Olympic Committee.

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Scienmag

JUNE 12, 2022

Low-tech – just what the doctor ordered Credit: University of Leeds/Dr Pete Culmer Low-tech – just what the doctor ordered Medical equipment that can be manufactured at low cost, is simple to use and can be easily maintained will help extend surgery to the 5 billion people worldwide who currently cannot get access to it, […].

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Yet doctors and their family members are less likely than other people to comply with those guidelines, according to a large-scale study co-authored by an MIT economist. Following established guidelines about prescription drugs would seem to be an obvious course of action, especially for the professionals that do the prescribing.

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NPR Health - Shots

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Colon cancer specialists worry that results of a study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine could be misconstrued, and keep patients from getting lifesaving cancer screening. Image credit: lechatnoir/Getty Images)

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BioPharma Reporter

APRIL 2, 2024

The FDA has agreed to permanently remove several social media posts urging people not to take ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19, after a lawsuit brought by three doctors accused the regulatory body of interfering with their ability to practice medicine.

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STAT News

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Oncologist Otis Brawley has dedicated his career to advocating for orthodoxy in medicine. Now, he says, advances in cancer treatments and early-detection screenings are fast outpacing the medical community’s ability to assess them — warranting more caution lest doctors inadvertently cause more harm to cancer patients.

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pharmaphorum

JULY 5, 2022

Using drones will cut the transit time for the medicines from four hours to 30 minutes, and will also require less fuel – an increasingly important consideration as prices rocket at petrol pumps. Medical drone startup Apian – founded by a team of NHS doctors in training and ex-Google staffers – is supplying the drones for the pilot study.

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pharmaphorum

APRIL 11, 2022

Janssen’s Catherine Taylor, vice-president, EMEA medical affairs, therapy area strategy, discusses the importance of systemic innovation across the healthcare system to realise the full value of medicines. Medicines and vaccines are among the most powerful interventions that can help improve quality of life for people across the world.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 19, 2022

As a patient recovers from a wound, a doctor may watch over them, monitoring the healing process and prescribing treatments based on the body's responses.

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World of DTC Marketing

JUNE 3, 2022

. “The broad scope of digital health includes categories such as mobile health (mHealth), health information technology (IT), wearable devices, telehealth and telemedicine, and personalized medicine. However, doctors should embrace patients who are keen to manage their chronic conditions and support them.

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BioSpace

JUNE 20, 2022

Three physicians filed a lawsuit against the FDA alleging the organization acted outside its authority and with their ability to practice medicine by discouraging the use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19.

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World of DTC Marketing

JULY 1, 2021

Nobody will see an online ad for a prescription drug and ask their doctor about it without doing some research first. Pharma websites, more and more, are becoming less relevant when it comes to intent to ask their doctor about a new drug because they too often are hard to read and don’t answer patients’ questions.

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STAT News

DECEMBER 28, 2022

But the arrival of new variants, as well as the loss of two treatments for immunocompromised people, has amped up the urgency to develop a stronger generation of medicines. Some biotech companies are looking to rebuild and expand the war chest, including British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca and several smaller Massachusetts firms.

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World of DTC Marketing

APRIL 20, 2021

After a year of pandemic-delayed medical tr eatments, doctors are seeing more cases of advanced illnesses. To their doctors, will we see a huge increase in MRI and other tests? In the US, we practice medicine to prevent litigation, and ordering tests is a way to ensure all the bases are covered. Now that people are returning.

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STAT News

MARCH 29, 2023

… Drugs that combat obesity could for the first time be included on the World Health Organization’s “essential medicines list,” used to guide government purchasing decisions in low- and middle-income countries , Reuters reports. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Fierce Pharma

APRIL 23, 2024

As doctors and patients in the U.S. | As doctors and patients in the U.S. grapple with widening shortages of the popular diabetes therapy Mounjaro and its obesity counterpart Zepbound, the maker of the tirzepatide drugs, Eli Lilly, is forging ahead on its quest to expand capacity for its injectable medicines.

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STAT News

JANUARY 24, 2023

1 segment on the widely watched CBS News program about the Novo Nordisk drug, which is on its way to becoming a top-selling medicine and has experienced shortages due to high demand. Wegovy is one of a few treatments that are expected to transform weight-loss medicines into a $30 billion market by 2030, according to analysts at Cowen.

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BioSpace

OCTOBER 18, 2020

Monica Gandhi, MD, an infectious diseases doctor and professor of medicine at UC San Francisco, poses the hypothesis that masks and other social distancing measures may reduce the viral inoculum – or amount – of the SARS-CoV-2 we contract.

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Fierce Pharma

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

A year into a dire shortage of essential cancer medicines in the U.S., The oncology drug supply crisis has entered its second year, and doctors still face "impossible choices" without access to standard-of-care therapies, ASCO's chief medical officer, Dr.

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STAT News

AUGUST 29, 2022

“I’m a pulmonary critical care guy,” said Metcalf, a professor in University of Oklahoma’s College of Medicine. “If I have some really wild stuff going on hematologically in a patient, shouldn’t I be calling, say, a hematologist?” ” Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 29, 2022

The next wave of medicine is well on course to be cell and gene-based. In September 2021, GlobalData figures revealed there to be 1,320 industry-sponsored regenerative medicine and advanced therapy trials ongoing worldwide. Meanwhile, the pharma industry is undergoing somewhat of a transformation itself.

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