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White House opioid panel calls for more addiction specialists
Experts recommend some payment changes regarding pain management as well.
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Docs to receive slightly better Medicare pay bump than originally proposed
Lack of funds leads prevents full Medicare pay increase.
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Recommend high CBD, low THC products to marijuana-using patients with psychosis
Marijuana and psychosis don’t mix.
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New BACE1 study launches in the shadow of verubecestat’s demise
An ambitious new clinical trial will investigate a different BACE-inhibiting molecule as an Alzheimer’s preventive in people at high genetic risk...
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Aducanumab continues to rack up positive numbers in phase 1b open-label extension
BOSTON – Data at 3 years support the relative safety of aducanumab in patients with prodromal or mild Alzheimer’s.
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In Lewy body disease, CSF may reveal dementia risk
SAN DIEGO – A small study showed that levels of tau protein and amyloid-beta in the cerebrospinal fluid correlated with postmortem findings of...
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Analysis of failed Alzheimer’s trials gives two antiamyloid antibodies new momentum
BOSTON – Researchers are increasing the doses of two antiamyloid drugs in new and existing Alzheimer’s trials based on data from extension studies...
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Government uncertainty drives jump in ACA silver plan insurance premiums
Expected premium changes are highly variable by state, with Iowa seeing an increase of 69% for its silver plans, while Alaska expecting a 22%...
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Children and trauma: How Sesame Street can help
Watching Elmo or Big Bird talk about their emotions can provide comfort to children coping with big feelings of their own.
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Guselkumab tops adalimumab for psychiatric comorbidities in psoriasis
Treatment with guselkumab was associated with significantly greater improvements in anxiety and depression.
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AMA: Patient mix has become less uninsured since 2012
Most of the improvement concentrated in states that expanded Medicaid.