Most Americans should get screened for colorectal cancer beginning at age 45 instead of age 50, according to new recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which includes UVA Health s Li Li, MD, PhD, MPH. This recommendation applies to Americans without symptoms who do not have a history of colorectal polyps or a personal or family health history of genetic disorders that increase the risk of colorectal cancer.
Since Jan. 1, 2021, hospitals in the US have been required by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide pricing information online about items and services. A team of researchers from Brigham and Women s Hospital and Massachusetts Eye and Ear leveraged the newly available data to analyze price transparency and price variation for the treatment of thyroid cancer.
The number of people engaging with life-enhancing cardiac rehabilitation clinics has declined during the pandemic, according to a BMJ clinical update which makes the case for more home-based and virtual alternatives.
A new West Health/Gallup survey finds nearly all Democrats (97%) and the majority of Republicans (61%) support empowering the federal government to negotiate lower prices of brand-name prescription drugs covered by Medicare.
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IMAGE: The open-access study, published by the international DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, is entitled Surging trends in prescriptions and costs of antidepressants in England amid COVID-19 and has investigated the. view more
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RESEARCHERS at the University of Huddersfield have warned there is an urgent need for the country s mental health interventions to create strategies optimising the use of antidepressants after conducting a study which has highlighted an alarming rise in relation to usage and costs.
The open-access study, published by the international
DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, is entitled Surging trends in prescriptions and costs of antidepressants in England amid COVID-19 and has investigated the trends in prescriptions and costs of various antidepressants in England during the COVID-19 pandemic.