STAT Plus: ‘Inactive’ drug ingredients are not always inactive, study finds
What’s in that pill you just swallowed? The label on the bottle lists the drug’s…
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STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: NIH launching ‘flurry’ of Covid-19 treatment trials; Pfizer-BioNTech deal sets ceiling for vaccine price
Good morning. Elizabeth Cooney here, filling in for Ed Silverman until he returns from vacation…
Opinion: Using a global network of adaptive clinical trials to fight Covid-19
Viruses like SARS-CoV-2 can circle the globe with astonishing speed by taking advantage of human…
Opinion: ‘How painful is the cost of your health care?’ The case for a new vital sign
“On a scale of 0 to 10, how painful is the cost of your health…
NIH to start ‘flurry’ of large studies of potential Covid-19 treatments
The National Institutes of Health is preparing to launch a “flurry” of large clinical trials…
STAT Plus: Eyeing an IPO, Hims expands further into virtual mental health care
San Francisco startup Hims & Hers took a further step into the mental health realm…
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Market with COVID-19 Impact Analysis, Top Companies like Columbia Nutritional, Herb Pharm – 3rd Watch News
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Market with COVID-19 Impact Analysis, Top Companies like Columbia Nutritional, Herb…
Reversing health care cost trends may be possible with medical partnerships – Cincinnati Business Courier – Cincinnati Business Courier
Reversing health care cost trends may be possible with medical partnerships – Cincinnati Business Courier Cincinnati…
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Opinion: Congress should incentivize access to opioid alternatives – Puget Sound – Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)
Opinion: Congress should incentivize access to opioid alternatives – Puget Sound Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)…
Do Foods Cause Kidney Stones?
Kidney stones can form when you have too much dissolved minerals and salts in your…
Is Your Blood Sugar in the Normal Range?
Blood sugar is also called blood glucose. It is a measurement of the amount of…
STAT Plus: Health tech companies are shelling out more to lobby Washington during the pandemic
In the first half of 2020, the pandemic spurred a surge in the use of…
Despite HPV Vaccine Effectiveness, Many Parents Not Allowing It for Their Kids
According to a new study published in The Lancet Public Health, among the over 4…
Despite HPV Vaccine Effectiveness, Many Parents Not Allowing It for Their Kids
According to a new study published in The Lancet Public Health, among the over 4…
Does Mom’s Depression During Pregnancy Affect the Children Later in Life?
A new study says that teen girls who have gone through puberty have a higher…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: U.S. to pay $1.95b for Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine; who decides who gets the first doses?
Good morning. Elizabeth Cooney here, channeling the vacationing Ed Silverman’s Wednesday wisdom: We’ve made it…
How Much Is Too Much? U.S. Alcohol Consumption Guidelines Changed
Previous dietary recommendations that allow for 2 drinks per day for men and 1 for…
Opinion: My patients want the good old days of office visits. That’s not happening any time soon
I recently got a note from my secretary with this message from a patient: “Tell…
Opinion: Clinical trials need to include more Black and other minority participants. Here’s how
The Covid-19 pandemic and the disproportionate devastation it has wrought on Black, Hispanic, and poor…
STAT Plus: Among biotech venture capital firms, Flagship Pioneering got the best single-fund returns
A fund launched in 2012 by the biotech venture capital firm Flagship Pioneering is on…
STAT Plus: Hospitals deploy AI to send patients home earlier — and keep them there
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has a problem familiar to many hospitals: Too many patients…
Confusion spreads over system to determine priority access to Covid-19 vaccines
As manufacturers around the world race to develop Covid-19 vaccines, a parallel effort has begun…
Risks and dangers associated with avoiding conventional cancer treatment in favour of alternative therapies – The BMJ
Risks and dangers associated with avoiding conventional cancer treatment in favour of alternative therapies The BMJ…
Arlington Receives Grant for Jail-Alternative Mental Health Treatment Program – ARLnow
Arlington Receives Grant for Jail-Alternative Mental Health Treatment Program ARLnow Read Original Article: Arlington Receives Grant…
Israel’s new alternative prime minister pushed for coronavirus response to be managed by military, not heal… – Fox News
Israel’s new alternative prime minister pushed for coronavirus response to be managed by military, not…
Alcohol and Blood Pressure: How Alcohol Can Affect Hypertension
Drinking alcohol raises your blood pressure, even if you are not a heavy drinker. [1,2]…
STAT Plus: In unusual arrangement, deputy HHS secretary’s wife has been lobbying the agency on behalf of health care companies
WASHINGTON — Emily Hargan, who is married to Department of Health and Human Services Deputy…
STAT Plus: As new users flock to health apps, experts raise questions about public understanding of data privacy
As digital health tools proliferate, health data experts are raising a new round of alarms…
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Pharma promises lawmakers, again and again, industry won’t cut corners with Covid-19 vaccines
The pharmaceutical industry does not want you to worry about the safety or efficacy of…
Public health group calls for standardized data collection to more clearly track Covid-19
In a new review of the Covid-19 response across the country, a group of public…
Actual Covid-19 case count could be 6 to 24 times higher than official estimates, CDC study shows
The true number of coronavirus cases in the U.S. could be anywhere from six to…
STAT+ Conversations: AI’s march into the clinic
Editor’s note: A livestream of the conversation will be embedded above at 1 p.m. ET…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Covid-19 vaccines may need two doses; lawmakers grilling pharma execs own their stocks
Good morning. Elizabeth Cooney here again, subbing for the vacationing Ed Silverman as the week…
STAT Plus: CytoDyn’s Covid-19 drug troubles escalate: Efficacy data are missing from study
CytoDyn released safety data on its experimental drug for Covid-19 on Tuesday, but efficacy data…
STAT Plus: Cancer startup aims precision medicine at rare genetic driver
A company focused on developing precision medicines to treat patients whose cancers are driven by…
Opinion: Lower the cost of producing doctors, not just the price of going to medical school
Medicine has become a profession accessible mainly to the rich. Just look at the price…
Opinion: Chronic fatigue syndrome may hold keys to understanding post-Covid syndrome
Some survivors of acute bouts of Covid-19 experience a range of persistent medical issues —…
Dermatology faces a reckoning: Lack of darker skin in textbooks and journals harms care for patients of color
When dermatologist Jenna Lester learned that rashes on skin and toes were a symptom of…
With a Funded Internship, Griffin Marshall ’21 Seeks An Alternative Treatment for Aquaculture – Bowdoin News
With a Funded Internship, Griffin Marshall ’21 Seeks An Alternative Treatment for Aquaculture Bowdoin News Read…
STAT Plus: Many drug companies working on Covid-19 vaccines and treatments are lobbying harder than usual
WASHINGTON — Pharmaceutical companies racing to develop coronavirus treatments and vaccines have upped their lobbying…
Acadia fails in attempt to expand use of antipsychotic to treat patients with depression
Acadia Pharmaceuticals reported negative results Monday from a pair of late-stage clinical trials seeking to…
New Pain Definition Aims to Better Comprehend, Treat Those Whose Pain Is Not Visible
Chronic pain is often misunderstood because it often isn’t related to a specific tissue or…
Rebuilding Healthy Kids: Getting Them Active Again
How healthy are America’s children? According to a statement issued earlier today by the American…
STAT Plus: FDA extends deadline for stem cell clinics to comply with drug development rules
The Food and Drug Administration has pushed back by six months the deadline by which…
CDC Reminds Us How to Do it Right: Social Distancing Guide
Social distancing is an important aspect in staying as save as we can amid the…
Acne Troubles? You May Want to Watch What You Eat
Are acne and “bad skin” making you self-conscious? Do you think you’ve tried everything? Rethinking…
Study provides first glimpse of efficacy of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine
A Covid-19 vaccine being developed by Oxford University and the drug giant AstraZeneca generated an…
STAT Plus: Three lawmakers own large sums of stock in vaccine makers set to testify before their committee
Three of the lawmakers tasked with grilling pharmaceutical executives on the development of Covid-19 vaccines…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: U.K. inks coronavirus vaccine deal; Synairgen says its drug lowers Covid-19 risk
Good morning. Elizabeth Cooney here in Boston, sitting in for Ed Silverman, who’s on holiday…
Opinion: To begin addressing racial bias in medicine, start with the skin
“Until the color of a man’s skin is of no more significance than the color…