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New ethical guidance on medical tourism was adopted this week at the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Annual Meeting to help physicians understand their fundamental responsibilities ...
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To Patients Using Opioid Medications: Be Smart, Be Safe, Be Sure.
By Scott Shapiro, MD Recent data for Pennsylvania shows that 10,394,466 prescriptions for opioid medications were filled by patients in 2015. In other words, there ...
Read More »What Patients Should Know About Getting Into Clinical Trials
Perhaps nothing triggers frustration and hope in patients like prescription drugs. Consider the hepatitis C drug Sovaldi, infamous for its $84,000 retail price tag for a ...
Read More »Congress Proposes Equal Coverage For Pills And IV Cancer Treatment
A bipartisan group of House and Senate legislators introduced bills last week that would require health plans to cover the growing number of oral chemotherapy pills as ...
Read More »Telephone Reminder Intervention Ups Cardiovascular Rx Adherence
(HealthDay News) — A low-cost telephone reminder intervention can improve adherence to cardiovascular disease medications, according to a study published online Nov. 16 in the American ...
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