Commentary
Opinion
‘Reform School’ for Pharmacy Benefit Managers: How Might Legislation Help Patients?
Dr. Madelaine A. Feldman writes how pending federal legislation targeting PBMs might affect patients’ access to medications and also delink drug...
Commentary
Stones, Bones, Groans, and Moans: Could This Be Primary Hyperparathyroidism?
The classic symptoms include osteoporosis and bone tumors. People can get nephrocalcinosis and kidney stones.
Commentary
Diabetes Increases Injury Risk: A Troubling Trend
In older adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, the risk for falls is double that seen in older people without these conditions.
Commentary
GLP-1 RA Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder?
Similar to what we see in obesity, these medications may work by affecting what we call reward processing, or the seeking for addictive drugs,...
Commentary
The Wellness Industry: Financially Toxic, Says Ethicist
The money coming out of people’s pockets for wellness products could be used for the payment of things that we know work.
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Promoting a Weight-Inclusive Approach to Treat Obesity
There is a common denominator: Help patients live healthy, long lives.
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Cancer Treatment 101: A Primer for Non-Oncologists
Doctor explains why he thinks time of diagnosis is the best time for molecular testing of a new malignant tumor.
Commentary
A Checklist for Compounded Semaglutide or Tirzepatide
Small-time compounding pharmacies may skirt some of the quality measures, falsify records, and fly under the radar, but the checklist is a...
Commentary
What Would ‘Project 2025’ Mean for Health and Healthcare?
Conservative group–backed plan intends to alter the processes and/or funding of CDC, NIH, Medicaid, and other agencies.
Commentary
Insurers’ Rules and AI for Preauthorization: ‘Ethically Nuts,’ Says Ethicist
I don’t think I’ve seen anything screwier, from a moral point of view, than the system we have that allows for preauthorization by third-party...
Opinion
Statins: So Misunderstood
These helpful drugs have been shown to be safe for the liver and absolved for causing muscle pain.