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Drug price increases far outpaced inflation in 2015
Average increase in the cost of “market basket” of drugs widely used by older Americans has exceeded the inflation rate every year since 2004.
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HealthCare.gov enrollment for 2018 nearly doubled in final week
Plans selected this year were down slightly from last year’s much longer open-enrollment period.
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Contraceptive use appears low in teen girls on teratogenic medications
SAN DIEGO – Study finds 7.6% became pregnant over a 3-year period, and only 25% of those had filled birth control prescriptions.
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Skin signs spotlight highest-risk SLE patients
GENEVA – “Those are the lupus patients who still die today.”
From the Journals
Chikungunya virus goes undetected despite chronic arthritis in 25% of patients after 20 months
The potential mechanisms by which chikungunya may cause chronic arthritis after viral clearing remain unknown.
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Children of moms with RA have higher risk of RA, too
These children also had a higher risk of thyroid disease and epilepsy.
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FDA: Gadolinium retention prompts new GBCA class warning, safety measures
Gadolinium-based contrast agents used for MRI will now carry a warning regarding potential retention in the bodies and brains of treated patients...
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FDA: Gadolinium retention prompts new GBCA class warning, safety measures
Gadolinium-based contrast agents used for MRI will now carry a warning regarding potential retention in the bodies and brains of treated patients...
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Leflunomide use in pregnancy shows little impact on newborns
A population-based study of leflunomide use in pregnancy is the largest of its kind published to date.
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FDA approves tofacitinib for psoriatic arthritis
The drug is now the only Janus kinase inhibitor approved to treat psoriatic arthritis.
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Medicaid’s share of state budgets continues to grow
States provided $574 billion in benefits during fiscal 2017.