Shared decision-making works well, but requires time by Joyce Frieden, News Editor, MedPage Today September 26, 2017 WASHINGTON -- Paying doctors more for simply sitting and talking with their patients -- rather than basing payment more on quality measures -- would [...]
Following industry trends, the pharma giant creates a start-up by Damian Garde, STAT News September 26, 2017 There's a popular theory about the limitations of global pharma companies: For all their skyscrapers and strategy reviews and private jets, they're simply too [...]
Adjusting for it 'would be a step in the right direction' by Nicole Lou, Reporter, MedPage Today/CRTonline.org September 25, 2017 Current ways to risk-adjust heart failure mortality as a measure of hospital-level quality are insufficient, suggested a study showing that accounting [...]
Seized 100 web domains as part of international effort against counterfeit meds by Kristina Fiore, Deputy Managing Editor, MedPage Today September 25, 2017 The FDA seized the website domains of nearly 100 online pharmacies -- including buyhydrocodoneonline.com and buyklonopin.com -- and [...]
19 deaths with obeticholic acid, many in patients receiving more than recommended dose by John Gever, Managing Editor, MedPage Today September 21, 2017 WASHINGTON -- In the 13 months after obeticholic acid (Ocaliva) was approved in May 2016, 19 patient deaths [...]
37% increase in events seen after discontinuation in Sweden by Larry Husten, CardioBrief September 25, 2017 People who quit taking aspirin have an increased risk for a cardiovascular event, a large national registry has shown. The use of aspirin for primary [...]
Scientists in France may have discovered a key to helping those with brain trauma by MedPage Today Staff September 25, 2017 Scientists from France's National Center for Scientific Research report that a patient in a persistent vegetative state demonstrated signs of [...]
Fine particulate exposure may cause 45,000 cases of CKD annually by Salynn Boyles, Contributing Writer September 22, 2017 Action Points • Note that this observational study using Veterans Administration data suggests that exposure to fine particulate pollution is associated with a higher [...]
Tyler Basen shares how he fares as a patient with diabetes and gives some tips for clinicians by Tyler Basen, MD - Contributing Writer, MedPage Today This article is a collaboration between MedPage Today® and: THE ENDOCRINE SOCIETY There are several [...]
By Susan Scutti, CNN Updated 6:01 PM ET, Tue September 19, 2017 (CNN)Too few new antibiotics are under development to combat the threat of multidrug-resistant infections, according to a new World Health Organization report published Tuesday. Adding to the concern: It [...]