OTTAWA – A new study finds that patients treated for mental illness in Canada are waiting far too long to get drug approval and face inequitable access across the country. The Mood Disorders Society of Canada’s study, System Broken, finds that Canadians who rely on public drug plans are at a particular disadvantage. As we …
Hospitalized patients are being asked to buy medical equipment, including medicines and bandages, as they are out of stock at Mater Dei Hospital, according to relatives. More than 20 people described on social media having had to leave their loved one’s bedside to go to a pharmacy at the request of hospital staff. They shared …
Pictured: A boy sitting in a wheelchair on a beach/iStock, ChiccoDodiFC The FDA on Thursday approved Santhera Pharmaceuticals’ new corticosteroid vamorolone, now marketed under the brand name Agamree, for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The announcement was made by Florida-based Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, which paid $90 million upfront in June 2023 and pledged up to …
Jeffrey M. Sobell, MD Credit: Tufts Medical Center Patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis receiving deucravacitinib showed improvements in efficacy, including Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) scores and static Physicians’ Global Assessment (sPGA) response rates, according to data presented at the Fall 2023 Clinical Dermatology Conference.1 These results, observed at week 16, continued to improve …
With suicide rates increasing in the United States, communities must use every tool available to identify those at risk so they can be connected to the care they need. Earlier this year, Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) worked directly with the state’s health care providers to help increase suicide risk screening among pregnant and postpartum people, …
Yasir Ali is a 35-year-old Pakistani day laborer who earns less than $4 (3.7) per day. His brother suffers from epilepsy and requires daily medication. Speaking to DW, Yasir said the official price of a pack of epilepsy tablets is 300 Pakistani rupees (a little over a dollar), but he is forced to pay five …
Nabiximols, the cannabis-based oral spray sold as Sativex, is available for reimbursement as an adjunctive treatment for moderate to severe spasticity in adults with multiple sclerosis (MS) in Ireland who have not responded as expected from other spasticity medications. Marked by muscle stiffness and involuntary spasms or contractions, spasticity is found in approximately 90% of …
Researchers have identified key factors in racial and socioeconomic disadvantage that can negatively impact reproductive health outcomes. Two posters presented at the 2023 American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) Meeting and Scientific Exhibition address these questions. IVF, in vitro fertilization. Fertilized egg and needle realistic illustration | Image credit: grethental – stock.adobe.com The first poster …
Patients at a Yale University fertility clinic experienced excruciating pain after undergoing invasive fertility procedures after a nurse stole hundreds of vials of fentanyl and replaced the patient’s medications with saline solution , according to a lawsuit. Dozens, if not hundreds, of patients underwent fertility surgeries with little or no pain medication, according to a …
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Research led by the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Illinois, found that home walking exercise regimens outperformed supervised treadmill physical therapy in patients with lower limb peripheral arterial disease. In an article, “Home Walking Exercise and Supervised Treadmill Exercise in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Individual Participant …