MEDICINE AND RX

Trump Demands That Drugmakers Lower Some of Their U.S. Prices by September

The administration has not put forward a clear legal authority to compel drugmakers to reduce their prices.

Park Avenue killer had prescription anti-psychotic medication

The man who gunned down four people at a Park Avenue office building left anti-psychotic medication in his Las Vegas apartment, and a note.

After Cleveland Clinic expanded to Florida, patients say surprise fees followed

Hospitals can charge patients hundreds of dollars in facility fees — even for routine outpatient appointments. Some residents of Florida’s Treasure Coast have had enough.

A Push for More Organ Transplants Is Putting Donors at Risk

People across the United States have endured rushed or premature attempts to remove their organs. Some were gasping, crying or showing other signs of life.

How To Find the Right Medical Rehab Services

KFF Health News – Rehabilitation therapy can be a godsend after hospitalization for a stroke, a fall, an accident, a joint replacement, a severe burn, or a spinal cord injury, among other conditions. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy are offered in a variety of settings, including at hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, and at home. It’s crucial to identify a high-quality, safe option with professionals experienced in treating your condition. What kinds of rehab therapy might I...

Five Ways Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Impacts Your Doctor

MedPage Today – After President Trump signed the "One Big Beautiful Bill" into law on July 4, the question remained: How would it impact doctors? Here are the top ways physicians will be impacted by the law. Swamped Emergency Departments Between a decrease in the Medicaid rolls -- largely due to the law's imposition of a federal work requirement -- and the expected expiration of the Affordable Care Act's enhanced premium tax credits, an estimated 17 million...

State blasts Orange County Global for troubling practices that endangered patients

The failures ‘represent a systemic collapse in patient safety,’ said one national patient safety expert. Owners cite financial pressures in the health care field

FDA Posts 200 Letters Citing Initial Concerns About Approved Drugs

KFF HEALTH NEWS – The FDA published a database of letters sent to drugmakers during the review process of medications that provide information on the agency's initial feedback or requirements for more data. These communications are not usually made public. Reuters: US FDA Publishes 200 Complete Response Letters From Archive In Transparency Drive Typically, the FDA sends the letters, or CRLs, to drugmakers whose treatments are not approved, detailing reasons and whether additional data is required,...

FDA increases enforcement of regs for imports including seafood, papayas, cantaloupe and more

FOOD SAFETY NEWS – The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below. Click here to go to the FDA page with links to details on specific alerts. source FDA Commissioner: ‘We want to focus on food’ THE HILL – As part of the “Make...

Antidepressant Withdrawal Is a Major Public Health Issue, Experts Warn Health

Almost one-third of long-term users reported symptoms that lasted for more than three months. Four-fifths of these patients were unable to stop their antidepressants despite trying.

‘I feel like I’ve been lied to’: When a measles outbreak hits home

About 1 in 5 unvaccinated people with measles will be hospitalized.

Pharmacists Stockpile Most Common Drugs on Chance of Targeted Trump Tariffs

KFF HEALTH NEWS – In the dim basement of a Salt Lake City pharmacy, hundreds of amber-colored plastic pill bottles sit stacked in rows, one man’s defensive wall in a tariff war. Independent pharmacist Benjamin Jolley and his colleagues worry that the tariffs, aimed at bringing drug production to the United States, could instead drive companies out of business while raising prices and creating more of the drug shortages that have plagued American patients for...

UnitedHealth Group CEO Resigns ‘For Personal Reasons’; Shares Keep Falling

KFF HEALTH NEWS – UnitedHealth chief executive Andrew Witty vowed to help fix the health care industry in the wake of CEO Brian Thompson's 2024 killing. Other industry news is on Atrium Health's pay raises; a strike among doctors and health care workers at PeaceHealth; and more. Axios: UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty Leaves "For Personal Reasons" The CEO of the health care giant whose insurance leader was killed in New York in December is abruptly leaving the...

Study offers advice to docs when they get weird requests

Sudbury.com – More and more doctors are being faced with patients who are requesting medical tests or treatments that physicians might deem inappropriate. The issue, outlined in a recent edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) examines how patients bring issues and concerns to their physicians and how those physicians respond, said the report. The article said clinicians discuss tests, referrals, and treatments with patients and caregivers every day. The study looked at...

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