Nations Top Doc Wants The Overdose Antidote Widely On Hand. Is That Feasible?
Surgeon General Jerome Adams urged more people to carry the drug naloxone, a lifesaving treatment for opioid overdoses. But this policy is tricky to implement.
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Drug Test Spurs Frank Talk Between Hypertension Patients And Doctors
Roughly half of patients don't take their high blood pressure medicine as they should, even though heart disease is the leading cause of death in America. Now, a drug test can flag whether a patient is taking the prescribed medication and is meant to spark a more truthful conversation between patient and doctor.
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Federal Appeals Court Puts Chill On Maryland Law To Fight Drug Price-Gouging
The decision in Marylands case could slow momentum for other states that are attempting to take action to curb high drug costs.
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Safety Violations Compound Pain Of Painkiller Shortages
California and federal officials have cracked down on a major compounding pharmacy they say posed a threat to public safety, but their actions are worsening shortages of medications that doctors rely on to keep their patients out of pain.
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Great Weekend Reads From KHN
KHN's newsletter editor, Brianna Labuskes, wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you don't have to.
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KHN On C-SPAN: Current Capitol Hill Thinking On Combating The Opioid Crisis
KHNs Shefali Luthra offers insight into what federal and state officials are eyeing to help reduce addiction problems.
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How A Drugmaker Turned The Abortion Pill Into A Rare-Disease Profit Machine
An abortion drug invented decades ago is being used to treat Cushings syndrome and its bringing in tens of millions of dollars a year.
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C-SPAN: FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb Talks To KHN
Kaiser Health News reporter Sarah Jane Tribble sat down with Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb on C-SPANs "Newsmakers" program. The conversation ranged from how the nation should combat the opioid epidemic to reining in drug prices.
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Patient Advocacy Groups Take In Millions From Drugmakers. Is There A Payback?
Kaiser Health News launches Pre$cription for Power, a groundbreaking database to expose Big Pharmas ties to patient groups.
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Pre$cription For Power: The Patient Advocacy Database
Patient advocacy groups campaign to raise awareness of diseases, to fund research and to promote policies favorable to their causes on Capitol Hill and at the Food and Drug Administration. But do they represent patients or Big Pharma? 窪蹋勛圖厙 News has compiled and analyzed disclosures to shed light on the flow of money between the pharmaceutical industry and patient advocacy groups.
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Nightmare Bacteria’ Stalk U.S. Hospitals
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found antibiotic-resistant bacteria whose spread has outpaced efforts to contain them.
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Podcast: KHNs What The Health? VA Secretary Out, Privatization In?
In this episode of KHNs What the Health? Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Sarah Kliff of Vox.com, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo discuss President Donald Trumps firing of David Shulkin, the secretary of Veterans Affairs, and Shulkins claim that he was forced out by those who want to privatize VA health care.
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Readers Seek Transparency On Surgery Centers, ‘Bill Of The Month’ Investigations
Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
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Podcast: KHNs What The Health? Health Law Fix Misses The Spending Bill Train
In this episode of KHNs What the Health? Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times discuss the apparent demise of bipartisan legislation aimed at shoring up parts of the Affordable Care Act. They also discuss aggressive new efforts by the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco products. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists offer their favorite health policy stories of the week.
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Poll: Americans Aghast Over Drug Costs But Arent Holding Their Breath For A Fix
Almost three-quarters of Americans think the pharmaceutical industry has too much power in the nations capital, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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Graphic: Opioid Painkiller Is Top Prescription In 10 States
Though opioid prescriptions appear to be on thedecline, Vicodin and Norco remain popular, especially in the South. In more than half of states, Synthroid a drug to treat hypothyroidism came in at No. 1.
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Congress Tackles The Opioid Epidemic. But How Much Will It Help?
President Trump, speaking Monday, called for a tough-on-crime federal approach. Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, legislative strategies to combat this pressing public health problem are gaining momentum, but experts are not certain these approaches will make a difference.
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Bill Of The Month: For Toenail Fungus, A $1,500 Prescription
How a prescription wiped out one womans health reimbursement account, raising questions about prescription drug price tags and about how health care professionals deal (or dont) with medical costs.
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The Other Opioid Crisis: Hospital Shortages Lead To Patient Pain, Medical Errors
A nationwide shortage of injectable opioid painkillers has left hospitals scrambling to find alternatives in some cases leading to dosage mistakes that may harm patients.