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(MedPage Today) -- In a Chinese randomized trial, structured singing therapy for supragastric belching led to significantly greater response rates compared with diaphragmatic breathing. (Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology) Analysis of FDA...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- HHS has altered the charters of two vaccine-related committees: the Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines (ACCV) and the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC). The timing isn't unusual, as both charters are up for renewal...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Autonomic tachycardia has a significantly stronger association with classic dermatomyositis (DM) than previously recognized and may warrant evaluation in symptomatic patients, authors of a retrospective review concluded. Almost...
Read full article →The number of out-of-network billing disputes proceeding to arbitration continues to grow, much to the consternation of health plans.
Read full article →Molina Healthcare is planning further reductions in its marketplace business as high costs continue to pressure that segment, the company's top brass told investors on Thursday morning.
Read full article →The ruling upheld a previous decision that pharma companies cannot impose rebates without HHS Secretary approval.
Read full article →At UC Davis, women ages 30 to 65 who are due for a screen will receive outreach with the option to select Teal’s at-home device.
Read full article →On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) committee on compounded drugs broke with agency scientists and voted in favor of adding peptides to the list of substances compounding pharmacies can make, despite concerns being raised over the lack of demonstrated benefits. The FDA's Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee (PCAC) heard public comments and saw presentations by agency staffers concerning the peptides BPC-157, KPV, TB-500 and MOTS-c. These...
Read full article →Dr. Anthony Fauci will testify next Wednesday in front of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee after being subpoenaed, panel Chair Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Thursday. Paul has been laser-focused on Fauci, the nation’s former top infectious diseases doctor, for allegedly covering up the U.S.’s involvement in risky viral research in a...
Read full article →The entire congressional Democratic caucus filed an amicus brief urging a federal appeals court to retain the Food and Drug Administration’s current rules for prescribing abortion pills. Forty-seven Democratic senators and 212 House members asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit not to reinstate an in-person requirement to obtain mifepristone, which has...
Read full article →Federal health officials are investigating a new outbreak involving the diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora.
Read full article →The European Medicines Agency is taking what advocacy groups are calling unexpectedly “rapid action” to ensure that clinical trial results are made public as required by law.
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