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Public Views on Prescription Drug Costs: Regulation, Affordability and TrumpRx
Key Takeaways In recent weeks, the Trump administration has renewed focus on lowering the cost of prescription drugs in the U.S., including the launch of TrumpRx. The latest polling from KFF shows that about four in 10 U.S. adults (41%) say it is likely the Trump administration’s policies will lower prescription drug costs for people like them, but views are…
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How long a Los Angeles County resident lives can depend on where they live in the area, and the gap between the county’s richest and poorest communities has gotten wider over the past decade, according to a report released this week. Average life expectancy countywide is 80.5 years, according to the report by Measure of America, a program of the…
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Combined CDK4/6 and EGFR inhibition improves pancreatic cancer therapy
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: Clinically available KRAS inhibitors mainly target G12C, which is rare in PDAC and often acquires resistance. Oncogenic KRAS inactivates RB1 via CDK4/6, while RB1 mutation is rare. Thus, CDK4/6 inhibition offers an indirect strategy to counter…
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Confessions of a Former Chiropractor
I went to a chiropractor in the 1980s for a stiff neck that had not improved after a month. A coworker praised him with the evangelical certainty usually reserved for miracle diets, used car salesmen, and people who have just read one book on nutrition. I was skeptical but adventurous, which is how most regrettable life decisions begin. The adjustment…
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New aeroponic technology delivers essential Vitamin B12 through salad crops
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: A pioneering research-industry partnership has used advances in indoor farming technology to grow pea shoots fortified with Vitamin B12, opening an exciting route to market for farmers and addressing a major public health need. The partnership…
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Global Health Workers Describe Impact a Year After Trump Admin Shut Down USAID
Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation. “Heartbreaking.” “Devastating.” “Difficult and challenging.” Such are the words used by health care workers, government officials and former U.S. Agency for International Development employees to describe the impact of the agency’s dissolution last year. Since the Trump administration shut…
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Study links heavy metals, ‘hidden drugs’ in alt meds to liver injury. Safety, regulation debate grows
Published in Frontiers in Gastroenterology—an open-access research in digestive health, liver disease, infections, cancer and gastrointestinal care—the study found that about 40 percent of the patients developed acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF)—a condition where a patient with underlying chronic liver disease suddenly develops severe liver failure. According to the study, among those who developed ACLF, around 39 percent died. Overall mortality…
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Families scramble to pay five-figure bills as clock ticks on promised preauthorization reforms
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: Sheldon Ekirch is used to being disappointed by her health insurance company. That’s why Ekirch, 31, of Henrico, Virginia, was stunned when she learned Anthem would finally have to pay for life-changing medical treatment. For two…
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FDA move on flavored vapes sparks concern on toxicity, teen vaping
Many tobacco researchers and policy experts think e-cigarettes have potential as a tool to help people quit smoking. But they also want to prevent teenagers from taking up the habit and getting hooked on nicotine. The tension between these two goals is at the heart of new draft guidance to e-cigarette manufacturers from the Food and Drug Administration this week…
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Delaware approves $200 copay for weight-loss drugs
Why Should Delaware Care?Delaware began to cover commercial weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy for state employees as part of its health insurance plan in 2023. Now, as the cost of covering the drug has increased, officials implemented a new elevated copay. Delaware state employees who for years have enjoyed a relatively cheap price for blockbuster GLP-1 drugs will soon…
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