2024

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The World Is Not Prepared For The Sand And Dust Storms Crisis

Forbes Healthcare

The International Day of Clean Air is an opportunity to learn about a growing global threat with severe negative effects on human health, economy and the environment.

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PBM executives decline to revise controversial testimony to House committee

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The leaders of Caremark, Optum Rx and Express Scripts had until Wednesday to walk back statements they made in July — or face potential legal action. However, the executives are sticking to their guns.

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More on Long COVID

Science Based Medicine

It’s interesting to follow the scientific exploration of a new clinical entity in real time. It reveals a lot about how medical science works, and how scientists nibble away at complex problems. This is partly why I have been closely following the story of long COVID as it has unfolded over the last few years. I also see patients with long COVID […] The post More on Long COVID first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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The truth behind opioid use disorder

KevinMD.com

Anyone reading health care news today must be aware that American medicine – particularly pain medicine – is in crisis. Doctors are experiencing high levels of burnout due to administrative burdens, prior authorization demands, and a health care system that often prioritizes efficiency over patient care. This burnout is leading to mental health issues and, Read more… The truth behind opioid use disorder originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Money in Medical Education Makes Me Sad

Sensible Medicine

I call it therapeutic fashion. Practice patterns. Beliefs. Ways of doing things. Examples: patients with new heart failure get coronary angiography; patients with chest pain without evidence of heart attack get stress tests; certain drugs and devices become favored over generics. The curious thing about many therapeutic fashions is their lack of evidentiary support.

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Top Clinicians to Follow in Digital Health in 2024

Doximity

As healthcare continues to evolve, digital health is playing a crucial role in transforming how we deliver and receive care. Meet some of the top clinicians who are at the forefront of this change, using technology to enhance patient care, improve access, and develop innovative solutions. These professionals are making strides in fields like oncology, mental health, and population health, while also sharing their expertise on social media.

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Four strategies to advance value-based care

Medical Economics

Value-based care is the future of medicine. Health care organizations must adapt technology, venues, primary care and prevention to survive and thrive.

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Vaccine Maker Shares Soar After WHO Declares Health Emergency Over Africa Mpox Outbreak

Forbes Healthcare

Danish firm Bavarian Nordic, which manufactures the preferred vaccine for use against mpox, has said it can meet booming demand for its shot after the WHO declared an emergency.

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Whooping Cough Cases Rise In U.S. Following Pattern Seen Worldwide

Forbes Healthcare

Public health experts are sounding the alarm as whooping cough cases increase nationwide. Numbers of cases of the vaccine-preventable disease have quadrupled this year.

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Most Baby Foods Sold In US Don’t Meet International Nutritional Standards And Contain ‘Misleading’ Messaging, Study Suggests

Forbes Healthcare

Although fruit pouches were the fastest-growing products—with sales jumping 900% between 2010 and 2023—the researchers found they were the most unhealthy food items tested.

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Mpox Could Be Declared A Public Health Emergency Today—Here’s What To Know

Forbes Healthcare

A deadlier form of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, has been spreading across Africa, sparking fears of a more dangerous pandemic than when the virus spread globally in 2022.

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Vandals Destroyed Italy’s First Gene-Edited Crop, But There’s Good News

Forbes Healthcare

Italy didn't allow field trials for genetically modified crops for twenty years — until this year. But anti-GMO activists destroyed it, repeating echoes of history.

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Bird Flu (H5N1) Explained: California Farms Quarantined After Detecting Virus Strain In Dairy Herds

Forbes Healthcare

Bird flu typically spreads among birds, but there have been recent outbreaks among cattle in the U.S., and one Texas man contracted the virus from sick cows. Here’s why so many experts are worried about a possible new pandemic.

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Valley Fever Outbreak: Dangerous Fungal Infection Linked To California Music Festival Grows

Forbes Healthcare

At least eight people have been hospitalized with valley fever—a potentially lethal fungal infection—after attending or working at a music festival in California, state health officials said.

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Can Weight Loss Drugs Like Ozempic Protect Brains And Stave Off Alzheimer’s? New Research Suggests They Can.

Forbes Healthcare

An older drug in the same GLP-1 class as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound appeared to protect the brain from shrinking and stave off dementia and Alzheimer’s, researchers found.

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Is A Covid-19 Outbreak Happening At The Paris Olympics?

Forbes Healthcare

So far, at least 40 Olympic athletes have tested positive for the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). But is it the tip of the Covid-19 iceberg?

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How Scientists Made Mice Transparent Using Dye Found In Doritos

Forbes Healthcare

Researchers at Stanford University made the skin of mice transparent using the yellow no. 5 food dye otherwise known as tartrazine that's typically found on Doritos.

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Next Billion-Dollar Startups 2024

Forbes Healthcare

This Forbes list highlights 25 venture-backed companies likely to become unicorns. Learn more about the founders and investors behind these fast-growing tech startups.

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Carl June: 2024 Will Be Seen As A Breakthrough Year For Brain Cancer

Forbes Healthcare

CAR T cell therapy is showing promise in treating glioblastomas and autoimmune diseases. New tools like base editing may help T cell therapy address solid cancer tumors.

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How Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, Zepbound May Help Treat Other Diseases: Here’s What To Know

Forbes Healthcare

These drugs work to treat diabetes and weight loss by suppressing the appetite and lowering blood sugar and A1C—which may end up being an effective treatment for Alzheimer’s, heart conditions, depression, and many other conditions.

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Scientists Show How Bird Flu Spreads Between Mammals — As H5N1 Pandemic Fears Grow

Forbes Healthcare

Cows from Texas likely infected healthy cows in Ohio and probably spread the virus to cats, a racoon and wild birds on farms through their milk, scientists said, raising fears the virus may be changing to better infect mammals like humans.

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An Open Letter to the President of Stanford, Jonathan Levin: Don’t Censor Drs. Scott Atlas, John Ioannidis, Sunetra Gupta, Marty Marky, Monica Gandhi, Jay Bhattacharya, and Vinay Prasad. Amplify Their Voices.

Science Based Medicine

I trust you'll have the intellectual integrity to play videos of these speakers. Anything less, would be misinformation and censorship. The post An Open Letter to the President of Stanford, Jonathan Levin: Don’t Censor Drs. Scott Atlas, John Ioannidis, Sunetra Gupta, Marty Marky, Monica Gandhi, Jay Bhattacharya, and Vinay Prasad. Amplify Their Voices. first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Dr. John Ioannidis: Yet Another Doctor Who Treats Theoretical Death From The Vaccine With More Gravity Than Actual Death From COVID

Science Based Medicine

Actual death is worse than theoretical death. This didn't used to be controversial in medicine. The post Dr. John Ioannidis: Yet Another Doctor Who Treats Theoretical Death From The Vaccine With More Gravity Than Actual Death From COVID first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Bird Flu (H5N1) Explained: CDC Reports First Case With No Known Animal Exposure

Forbes Healthcare

Bird flu typically spreads among birds, but there have been recent outbreaks among cattle in the U.S., and one Texas man contracted the virus from sick cows. Here’s why so many experts are worried about a possible new pandemic.

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This Secretive Billionaire Thinks He Can Cure HIV. Here’s Why.

Forbes Healthcare

By bringing together top doctors, scientists and engineers, Terry Ragon believes he can succeed where major governments have failed and cure one of the world’s wiliest viruses.

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GSK Secures mRNA Vaccines For Bird Flu, COVID And Seasonal Flu From Struggling Biotech CureVac

Forbes Healthcare

mRNA specialist CureVac, which struggled to compete with the likes of Pfizer, Moderna and BioNTech, said it will focus on developing mRNA cancer vaccines and will cut 30% of its staff.

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Pharmacy Benefit Managers Under Pressure To Reform For Years, But It Hasn’t Yet Mattered

Forbes Healthcare

Pharmacy benefit managers have been under constant pressure for years for their alleged role in raising patient out-of-pocket costs and squeezing independent pharmacies.

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Pfizer And Moderna Vaccines Not Linked To Birth Defects, Study Finds

Forbes Healthcare

The findings add to research showing vaccination during pregnancy is safe and effective amid growing evidence of severe risks from coronavirus infection for parent and child.

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Here’s Why COVID Measures Like Masking And New Ones Like Safety Goggles Could Return If A Bird Flu Pandemic Is Declared

Forbes Healthcare

Experts warn that although scientists don’t know how bird flu may behave if it starts spreading between humans, safety measures will need to be put in place since it has over a 50% mortality rate in humans.

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The Rise Of The IVF Influencers

Forbes Healthcare

Creators are drawing big audiences sharing their deeply personal medical journeys through IVF. It’s helping them afford a shot at a family they might not otherwise have.

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Excess Arm And Stomach Fat Boosts Alzheimer’s And Parkinson’s Risk While Muscle Strength Decreases It, Study Suggests

Forbes Healthcare

Although previous research found greater levels of lean muscle mass may decrease the risk of neurodegeneration, this study suggests having greater muscle strength may be more important than muscle quantity.

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