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Opioid use has not declined meaningfully
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To tame prescription prices, HHS dips a toe into drug importation stream
Drug prices in the United States have continued to rise and more than 80% of Americans say the government should take action.
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Patients with chronic pain feel caught in an opioid-prescribing debate
“The intent was never to stop prescribers from utilizing opioids. It’s really meant to prevent a future generation from developing opioid use...
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Peer-comparison letters reduce physician quetiapine prescribing
A letter-based intervention targeting primary care physicians with high quetiapine-prescribing rates in the Medicare program shows significant...
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FDA approves Perseris for schizophrenia
The drug achieved clinically relevant levels without the need for a loading or supplemental doses.
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CMS to resume risk adjustment payments for 2017
The program uses statewide average premiums to draw money from health insurance plans with few high-need patients and funnels it to those with...
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AAP: Fertility, sexual function counseling should start early
Counseling should include discussion of possible management and psychosocial support options.
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Alcohol use during breastfeeding linked to cognitive harms in children
Maternal alcohol use during breastfeeding is tied to mixed results.
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Positive pivotal trials for new headache drugs abound
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Antibody cleared amyloid plaques, slowed cognitive decline
And claims that cannabis relieves noncancer pain go up in smoke.