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FDA Approves New Drug for Patients with Chronic Liver Disease and Low Blood Platelets and Undergoing a Medical Procedure

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Share: Facebook0Twitter0Google+0Linkedin Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—May 21, 2018 Contact: Sandy Walsh The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Doptelet (avatrombopag) tablets to treat low blood platelet count (thrombocytopenia) in adults with chronic liver disease who READ MORE

Choosing Between Death And Deportation

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Share: Facebook0Twitter0Google+0Linkedin What happens when an undocumented immigrant has a life-threatening diagnosis? Much depends on where the person lives. And even in states with generous care for a dire illness, a patient can face difficult READ MORE

Health Care Sabotage Will Increase Insurance Premiums by More Than $1,000 Next Year

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Share: Facebook0Twitter0Google+0Linkedin Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—May 18, 2018 By: Thomas Huelskoetter Today, the Center for American Progress released a new 50-state analysis projecting the average increase in insurance premiums for a 40-year-old marketplace shopper for the READ MORE

Congresswoman Robin Kelly Slams Domestic Gag Rule Saying, “Get the Government Out of the Doctor’s Office”

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Share: Facebook0Twitter0Google+0Linkedin Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 18, 2018 By: James Lewis, Communications Director Congresswoman Robin Kelly, a leading health advocate in the U.S. House of Representatives, released this statement of the President Trump’s dangerous ‘Domestic Gag Rule’ READ MORE

FDA Approves Novel Preventive Treatment for Migraine in Adults

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Share: Facebook0Twitter0Google+0Linkedin Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—May 18, 2018 Contact: Sandy Walsh The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Aimovig (erenumab-aooe) for the preventive treatment of migraine in adults. The treatment is given by once-monthly self-injections. READ MORE

Rebuking Industry-Friendly Trump Plan, Doctors Offer Blueprint to Confront ‘Greed of Big Pharma’ (Video)

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Share: Facebook0Twitter1Google+0Linkedin “The outrageous cost of prescription drugs in this country is a crisis that the American people feel every day. There are real solutions we can implement that we know will lower drug prices READ MORE

Three Firms Account for Over Half of All Medicare Part D Enrollees in 2018

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Share: Facebook0Twitter0Google+0Linkedin Pending Mergers Would Further Consolidate the Marketplace California—(ENEWSPF)—May 17, 2018 By: Juliette Cubanski, Anthony Damico, and Tricia Neuman In 2018, three Medicare Part D plan sponsors—UnitedHealth, Humana, and CVS Health—account for more than half READ MORE

1 in 3 Swimming-related Disease Outbreaks Occur at Hotels

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Share: Facebook0Twitter0Google+0Linkedin Crypto parasite continues to cause most outbreaks and illnesses linked to pools and water playgrounds Atlanta, GA—(ENEWSPF)—May 17, 2018 By: Michele C. Hlavsa, MPH; Bryanna L. Cikesh, MPH; Virginia A. Roberts, MSPH; Amy READ MORE

FDA Approves First Non-opioid Treatment for Management of Opioid Withdrawal Symptoms in Adults

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Share: Facebook0Twitter0Google+0Linkedin Encouraging more widespread innovation and development of safe and effective treatments for opioid use disorder remains top agency priority Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—May 17, 2018 By: Michael Felberbaum The U.S. Food and Drug Administration READ MORE

Study: Cannabis Use Associated with Lower Risk of Atrial Fibrillation Among Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure

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Share: Facebook0Twitter0Google+0Linkedin Englewood, NJ—(ENEWSPF)—May 14, 2018 Contact: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Cannabis exposure is associated with lower instances of atrial fibrillation (arrhythmia) in patients hospitalized for heart failure, according to data published in the READ MORE