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(MedPage Today) -- While the use of focal therapy for nonmetastatic prostate cancer is limited, half of procedures occurred in settings that are not supported by current guidelines, according to a retrospective study. Among over 1.1 million men...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Any cost-benefit analysis has two columns. President Trump's August 10 executive order on vaccines considers neither. If put into action, it would impose a burden on families in the form of additional medical visits, yet it carries...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Half of participants in a new, increasingly popular fitness competition called HYROX said they had sustained an injury during training for it during the previous year, an international survey found. Among 418 HYROX athletes...
Read full article →A number of factors contribute to access, including the availability of OB clinicians, insurance coverage and access to birthing facilities.
Read full article →Aetna is seeing its value-based care efforts pay off in both preventive care metrics and cost savings, according to a new analysis from the company.
Read full article →The Trump administration alleges that some hospitals are incorrectly billing for gender-affirming care.
Read full article →Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is pressing Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on whether the administration’s response to the cyclosporiasis outbreak was influenced by the donations of a major produce supplier to groups linked to President…
Read full article →Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said he has confidence that new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Erica Schwartz will stand up for science and won’t enforce President Trump's executive order calling for major changes to the childhood vaccine…
Read full article →In healthcare, enterprises are moving slower than the hype cycle would lead you to believe. That said, they’re not moving slowly – they are saying yes to AI, as long as it can solve for specific workflow needs. The post…
Read full article →Khartis raises oral immunology funds, Neurocrine drug safety concerns, and more biotech news from The Readout
Read full article →The health secretary headed to California to lay out the government's new approach to addiction treatment.
Read full article →Seven months after the launch of its own low-cost insulin brand, California has distributed more than 120,000 five-pen packs of insulin glargine priced at $55 each
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