Updates
A cup of tea a day to keep dementia away? It might just work.
Drinking tea may lower your risk of dementia, even for those with a family history of the disease.
Performing two surgeries at once isn’t against the rules. Should it be?
Doctors doubling-up on surgeries isn’t a new practice. It’s happened in teaching hospitals for years. But some…
Rare disease patients wait (and wait) for the FDA to catch up on the drug review process
Orphan drug review requests doubled from 2012 to 2016, contributing to a delay in orphan drug designations. How full…
The health care fix? Listening, truly listening, to patients
Cancer patient advocate Grace Cordovano wants medical schools to teach young doctors to see the health care experience…
Big Pharma prioritizes profits over patients. Here’s proof:
Pharmaceutical companies say they must raise the cost of your prescription drugs to pay for the research and…
7 questions to ask when prescribed an opioid pain medication
Opioids are commonly prescribed to manage pain following surgery, injury or illness. Nearly one-third of all Medicare…
$5,000 for a drug urine test? We all pay the price
In many Florida “sober homes,” addicts receive poor treatment while their insurance companies are forced to pay…
Government watchdog says U.S. taxpayers were grossly overcharged for EpiPen
U.S. taxpayers paid as much as $1.27 billion for the emergency allergy treatment under Medicaid Drug Rebate Program…
New study: Women hit hard by opioid addiction
A new federal study documents the toll the misuse of opioid medications is taking on Americans.
Ex-Pharma sales rep takes new role to help educate doctors about drug costs
New York-based insurer, Capital District Physicians’ Health Plan, has hired former Big Pharma drug reps to educate…