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HIV Drug Costs Soaring, Jeopardizing Effort to End Epidemic

HIV Drug Costs Soaring, Jeopardizing Effort to End Epidemic

Latest HIV News By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Feb. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. government aims to end the HIV epidemic by 2030, but skyrocketing medication costs may make that a pipe dream, a new study suggests. Since 2012, the cost of antiviral treatment for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has jumped […]

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Medicare Could Save Billions If Allowed to Negotiate Insulin Prices

Medicare Could Save Billions If Allowed to Negotiate Insulin Prices

Latest Diabetes News By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2020 (HealthDay News) — If you don’t need insulin, you probably haven’t paid much attention to its skyrocketing cost, but new research shows that exorbitant drug pricing eventually affects everyone. The study found that in 2017, Medicare spent nearly $8 billion on insulin. The researchers […]

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Dentists Among Top Prescribers of Opioids

Dentists Among Top Prescribers of Opioids

Latest Chronic Pain News TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2020 (HealthDay News) — American dentists often prescribe more than the recommended supply of opioid painkillers to patients, a new study finds. Not only that, they are more likely to prescribe more powerful opioids, the researchers found. In this study, the researchers analyzed data on nearly 550,000 dental […]

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WHO Aims to Save 7 Million in Developing Countries From Cancer

WHO Aims to Save 7 Million in Developing Countries From Cancer

Latest Cancer News By Adam Townsend on 02/04/2020 6:45 PM Source: MedicineNet Health News While recent decades have seen a drastic reduction in cancer death rates in the Western world, developing countries haven’t seen as much improvement. But the World Health Organization announced Tuesday its plans to tackle cancer cases in these poorer countries. “At […]

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Rush Limbaugh Has Advanced Lung Cancer

Rush Limbaugh Has Advanced Lung Cancer

Latest Cancer News TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Rush Limbaugh revealed Monday that he has advanced lung cancer. On his live show, the 69-year-old conservative radio talk show host said he’d experienced some shortness of breath but did not have any symptoms at the moment, The New York Times reported. He said he […]

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Cervical Cancer Could All But Disappear in North America by 2040

Cervical Cancer Could All But Disappear in North America by 2040

Latest Cancer News MONDAY, Feb. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Vaccination and screening could nearly wipe out cervical cancer in North America in the next 20 years and rid the world of the disease within the next century, researchers say. In a new study, the researchers assessed the potential impacts of the World Health Organization’s […]

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First Drug Approved for Treatment of Peanut Allergy in Children

Latest Allergies News MONDAY, Feb. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Palforzia (Peanut [Arachis hypogaea] Allergen Powder-dnfp) to alleviate allergic reactions to accidental peanut exposure, the agency announced late Friday. Palforzia, a powder manufactured from peanuts, is indicated for initiation in individuals aged 4 to 17 years old with […]