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Clover Health and WellBe are lead medical partners to bring in-home medical care to patients in Atlanta and throughout rural Georgia

November 7, 2023 by Maribel

ATLANTA, November 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Clover Health and WellBe Senior Medical have partnered to provide in-home medical care to residents of Georgia living with multiple complex health conditions. By offering a new at-home medical care option, Clover helps members achieve their health goals by accessing quality care through WellBe home visits. WellBe Senior Medical …

FDA Approves New Corticosteroid Treatment Option for DMD Patients | BioSpace

October 27, 2023 by Maribel

Pictured: A boy sitting in a wheelchair on a beach/iStock, ChiccoDodiFC The FDA on Thursday approved Santhera Pharmaceuticals’ new corticosteroid vamorolone, now marketed under the brand name Agamree, for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The announcement was made by Florida-based Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, which paid $90 million upfront in June 2023 and pledged up to …

Deucravacitinib improves PASI scores in patients with plaque psoriasis

October 26, 2023 by Maribel

Jeffrey M. Sobell, MD Credit: Tufts Medical Center Patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis receiving deucravacitinib showed improvements in efficacy, including Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) scores and static Physicians’ Global Assessment (sPGA) response rates, according to data presented at the Fall 2023 Clinical Dermatology Conference.1 These results, observed at week 16, continued to improve …

Pakistan’s soaring drug prices leave patients scrambling DW 10/24/2023

October 24, 2023 by Maribel

Yasir Ali is a 35-year-old Pakistani day laborer who earns less than $4 (3.7) per day. His brother suffers from epilepsy and requires daily medication. Speaking to DW, Yasir said the official price of a pack of epilepsy tablets is 300 Pakistani rupees (a little over a dollar), but he is forced to pay five …

Sativex reimbursed in Ireland for eligible MS patients with spasticity

October 23, 2023 by Maribel

An illustration of various cannabis-based on cannabidiol treatments.

Nabiximols, the cannabis-based oral spray sold as Sativex, is available for reimbursement as an adjunctive treatment for moderate to severe spasticity in adults with multiple sclerosis (MS) in Ireland who have not responded as expected from other spasticity medications. Marked by muscle stiffness and involuntary spasms or contractions, spasticity is found in approximately 90% of …

Surgery patients suffer ‘tortuous pain’ after nurse steals pain medication: lawsuit

October 12, 2023 by Maribel

Patients at a Yale University fertility clinic experienced excruciating pain after undergoing invasive fertility procedures after a nurse stole hundreds of vials of fentanyl and replaced the patient’s medications with saline solution , according to a lawsuit. Dozens, if not hundreds, of patients underwent fertility surgeries with little or no pain medication, according to a …

Antibiotic doxycycline may be morning-after pill for high-risk patients after unprotected sex, CDC suggests

October 8, 2023 by Maribel

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week proposed a new guideline for high-risk patients to take the antibiotic known as doxycycline as a morning-after pill to decrease the risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). ). Experts say health officials will likely approve the directive, published Monday in the Federal Register. The public …