With pharma still struggling in Alzheimer’s, health tech companies want a swing
In the wake of the first Alzheimer’s drug approval in nearly two decades, pharmaceutical companies…
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Two engineers with a love for beer open a microbrewery in Mount Vernon – The Journal News
Two engineers with a love for beer open a microbrewery in Mount Vernon The Journal News…
Ayurvedic medicine: For ED, diabetes, GERD, constipation, and more – Medical News Today
Ayurvedic medicine: For ED, diabetes, GERD, constipation, and more Medical News Today Read Original Article: Ayurvedic…
Ivermectin Does Not Reduce Risk of Covid Hospitalization, Large Study Finds – The New York Times
Ivermectin Does Not Reduce Risk of Covid Hospitalization, Large Study Finds The New York Times Read…
What are the healing arts? – Medical News Today
What are the healing arts? Medical News Today Read Original Article: What are the healing arts?…
The Question of Alternative Medicine – ANCA Vasculitis News
The Question of Alternative Medicine ANCA Vasculitis News Read Original Article: The Question of Alternative Medicine…
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STAT+: By narrow margin, FDA advisory panel concludes Amylyx ALS drug hasn’t proven effectiveness
For archived live coverage of the hearing of the FDA’s advisory panel, click here. By…
STAT+: Pharma companies face shareholder proposals to widen access to medicines, rework business plans
Over the next few weeks, several major pharmaceutical companies will face a fresh crop of…
STAT+: CVS, Teva, and Allergan reach massive deal with Florida over the opioid crisis
On the eve of a trial, the state of Florida has reached a massive settlement…
Obesity can turn a helpful immunotherapy into a harmful one, mouse study shows
Researchers have long known that obesity rewires the immune system. Now a new study suggests…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Roche immunotherapy fails its first test; key U.S. senators move closer to bill to cap insulin prices
Hello, everyone, and how are you this fine, sunny morning? The middle of the week…
STAT+: Roche anti-TIGIT cancer immunotherapy fails in first late-stage clinical trial
Roche said Wednesday that an experimental cancer immunotherapy directed against a target called TIGIT failed…
Kids Afraid Of Getting Shots? Here Are 3 Easy Ways For Parents To Help Them
Children are not little adults — they need time to process what is going to…
Omicron Subvariant BA.2 Becomes Dominant Strain In US; Experts Don’t Know What To Expect
The latest data showed that BA.2 has officially become the dominant coronavirus strain in the…
STAT+: Tracking the FDA advisory panel on Amylyx Pharma’s ALS treatment
The Food and Drug Administration is convening a meeting of outside experts today to review…
COVID-19 Update: Got The Johnson & Johnson Vaccine? CDC Adds A New Recommendation
The CDC advised recipients of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine to get a booster with…
Prediabetes Cases Rising Among American Youths, Study Shows
The prevalence rate increased from 11.6% to 28.2% by 2015-2018. Read Original Article: Prediabetes Cases…
Opinion: Listen: Tom Sequist on mirrored Covid tragedies — 2,000 miles apart
Like many of us, Tom Sequist had no idea what was about to happen as…
Opinion: There’s no return to normal for millions of children orphaned during Covid
Forgotten in the calls for a “new normal” and the shuffle toward it are the…
STAT+: Pharma partnerships with digital therapeutics players to watch
With high-minded ambitions to revolutionize health care with the help of software, digital therapeutics companies…
STAT+: Hospitals, including some flush with cash, scramble to grab last scraps of federal Covid dollars
This month, executives at Freeman Health System, a three-hospital system based in Joplin, Mo., hired…
The Great And Powerful Dr. Oz? Alternative Health Media Consumption And Vaccine Views – Eurasia Review
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Are UV Nail Lamps Safe? Ultraviolet Light and Cancer
According to the American Cancer Society, radiation energy from the sun is called ultraviolet (UV)…
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Is My Liver Damage Reversible?
Fatty liver disease is just what it sounds like, the buildup of fat inside your…
Are There House Plants That Clean the Air in Your House?
Photosynthesis is the biological term for how plants make the energy to grow. It means…
STAT+: Key senators eye new, more ambitious legislation to lower insulin prices
WASHINGTON — Key Senate lawmakers have begun writing a bipartisan bill that would cap the prices…
STAT+: HHS seeks to penalize another drugmaker amid legal clash over drug discount program
The U.S. Health and Resources Administration is seeking to penalize Boehringer Ingelheim for curtailing discounts…
STAT+: UnitedHealth’s deal with LHC highlights broader interest in home health industry
UnitedHealth Group’s proposed $5.4 billion buyout of home health and hospice provider LHC Group serves…
STAT+: Inflation caused ‘unprecedented’ drops in net pharmaceutical prices, analysis finds
Amid ongoing turmoil over the cost of prescription medicines, a new analysis finds that brand-name…
The FDA endorses accelerated approval reforms
You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s weekly newsletter about the politics and…
U.S. approves second Covid-19 booster for people 50 and older
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized second Covid-19 boosters for people 50 years…
Osso VR lands $66 million to grow its virtual reality platform to train surgeons
You’re reading the web edition of STAT Health Tech, our guide to how tech is…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Pfizer employees balk at returning overpayments; Biogen stops work on another ALS drug
Rise and shine, everyone, another busy day is on the way. This morning is getting…
Covid-19 pandemic isn’t over for Black Americans, report warns
A searing report released Tuesday by the Black Coalition Against COVID details the immense toll…
Caught COVID? Here’s What You Should And Shouldn’t Do When Self-Isolation Isn’t Mandatory
Here are five things that COVID has shown that we need to do, especially as…
COVID-19: This Treatment Probably Won’t Be Effective Against Omicron Subvariant, FDA Says
This COVID-19 antibody-drug is unlikely to be effective against the notorious Omicron subvariant known as…
CMMI’s Fowler on health policy’s ‘stubborn challenges,’ her personal ties to medicine
WASHINGTON — Liz Fowler’s career just came full circle: last March, she took charge of the…
Opinion: How to fix the two-tier U.S. health payment system
How the U.S. pays for health care is neither efficient nor fair. Despite spending an…
Afghan refugees, grappling with grief and trauma, face barriers to mental health care
WASHINGTON — For 17-year-old Salek Haseer, video games are an escape. They’re a way, however fleeting,…
STAT+: Lawmakers and a Pelosi aide turn lobbyist to push for new health agency’s independence
WASHINGTON — Health secretary Xavier Becerra is suddenly the target of a frenzied lobbying campaign…
‘A slow-moving glacier’: NIH’s sluggish and often opaque efforts to study long Covid draw patient, expert ire
WASHINGTON — The National Institutes of Health is fumbling its first efforts to study long…
Tuberculosis: Medicinal and alternative therapies to treat TB – Hindustan Times
Tuberculosis: Medicinal and alternative therapies to treat TB Hindustan Times Read Original Article: Tuberculosis: Medicinal and…
STAT+: FDA review is critical of data on Amylyx ALS drug, but cites ‘regulatory flexibility’
Results from a single clinical trial of an experimental drug for ALS developed by Amylyx…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Pharma showers cash on a rising U.S. Senate star; FDA restricts use of a Glaxo Covid treatment
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
Omicron Forces Shanghai To Impose Two-Part Lockdown
The Chinese city will divide into two, and both sides will impose lockdowns for different…
COVID-19 Update: Omicron Subvariant More Severe For This Group Of People
Research regarding Omicron’s notorious relative discovered that it was harsher for this group of people….
COVID-19 Update: Regulators Likely To Approve Second Booster Shot Soon
The FDA will likely approve a second COVID-19 booster shot for adults next week. Read…
Opinion: HHS’s failure to address the health harms of climate crisis constitutes environmental and institutional racism
The 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination against recipients of federal funding, including those covered…
Opinion: Unexpectedly united: The parallel plights of two communities 2,000 miles apart wracked by the pandemic
I constantly straddle two disparate worlds. One is in Boston, where I work for one…