The dramatic rise in cost of glucose-lowering medications in the United States in recent years has been due primarily to an increase in users, higher cost per user for analog insulin, and greater use of newer noninsulin medicines for type 2 diabetes, new research indicates. Findings from a comparison of glucose-lowering medication expenditures during 2015-2017
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Patrick and other Cancer Research UK ambassador visited Boris Johnson in February 2020. Dear Prime Minister, In February I had the great pleasure of being part of a small group of supporters from Cancer Research UK to visit you in Downing Street to celebrate World Cancer Day. I left feeling extremely positive and elated after
‘Let’s have a chat’, ‘It’s come to my attention…’, ‘Please advise’, these common workplace phrases strike fear in the hearts of many of us. But why do they have such a strong effect on us, and what can we do to make sure we don’t spiral? The workplace is full of unique lingo that we
The Food and Drug Administration is requiring labeling changes for nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), reflecting that women who are 20 weeks pregnant or further along should not take the medications. Taken at this point in the pregnancy, NSAIDs can cause serious kidney problems to the unborn baby, which in turn can lead to low levels
Prominent medical and scientific journals have broken with tradition and taken a political stand, calling for a change in leadership in Washington, DC Some are endorsing Joseph Biden Jr in his campaign to unseat President Donald Trump in the November election. The move, which several editors acknowledge as unprecedented, may threaten the journals reputations as
This content originally appeared on Beyond Type 1. Republished with permission. By Katie Doyle The Baltimore Ravens didn’t choose just any offensive lineup during the 2018 NFL draft – a key part of their strategy is Mark Andrews, a tight end from the University of Oklahoma who has been managing his type 1 diabetes since
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Oct 15 2020 Researchers have used insight from a comprehensive genomic analysis of neuroblastoma to learn about the process driving one of the most common childhood solid tumors. The findings revealed possible approaches for developing precision medicines to improve patient outcomes. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists led the study, which
October 13, 2020 — The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, today launched a study designed to determine whether certain approved therapies or investigational drugs in late-stage clinical development show promise against COVID-19 and merit advancement into larger clinical trials. The ACTIV-5 Big Effect Trial, which
TARRYTOWN, N.Y., Oct. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Inmazeb (atoltivimab, maftivimab and odesivimab-ebgn) for the treatment of infection caused by Zaire ebolavirus in adult and pediatric patients, including newborns of mothers who have tested positive for the infection. “We are
New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy said Thursday on CNBC he hopes to avoid broad economic lockdowns to deal with rising coronavirus cases in the state and the nation. “I think we’re less likely, and please God that this is the case, we’re less likely to use blunt instruments we used in March and April
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Coronavirus cases are surging throughout the midwestern U.S., with states including Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska and Wisconsin experiencing a 25% case increase across the last 14 days. (NBC News) As of Thursday at 8:00 a.m. EST, the unofficial COVID-19 toll included 7,917,189 cases and 216,904 deaths.
It’s no surprise that spending time in nature is good for us, and even better when we exercise in a natural setting. But what happens when we’re limited by our access to the natural world? Luckily for us, there are other ways to get our nature fix. The latest study from the University of Exeter
If things do happen in threes, hopefully this will be the last bump in the road to a COVID treatment and a vaccine. Eli Lilly and Company has had to halt its government-sponsored phase 3 trial of an antibody treatment for COVID-19 for safety reasons. The treatment had garnered a lot of interest after President
Children who had a single episode of moderate/severe diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and were newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes had a subtle decline in a long-term memory task when they were tested a few months later in a new study. And other children with a known diagnosis of type 1 diabetes who had repeated DKA
What if you could get researchers, government policy-makers, pharmaceutical companies and the public together in one room to sit down and create a single shared vision for the world in 20+ years’ time where nobody gets a late stage diagnosis? Then once we’ve all agreed on what it looks like – how do we get
“911. How can I help you?” That’s the reassuring voice you hear if you telephone for help in a medical emergency. The 911 operator and the responding emergency services team will help you as best they can, but there are things you can do to help them do their job. In fact, how you call
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Oct. 14, 2020 — Barron Trump, the 14-year-old son of President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, tested positive for COVID-19, the first lady revealed in a post on the White House website Wednesday. Since then he has tested negative,
Meal kit delivery services have been gaining popularity in recent years, and it’s no wonder why. It sure is convenient to have all the premeasured ingredients, all ready to prepare the predetermined recipe delivered to you every week, cutting down on both time and food waste. Recently, I reviewed several meal kits from Home Chef,
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Oct 14 2020 A new study summarizes over 30 years of clinical experience in the treatment and management of glutaric acidemia type 1 (GA1), a rare and potentially devastating metabolic disorder caused by variants in the GCDH gene. The study followed the clinical course of 168 individuals with GA1 who were
Oct 14 2020 Irvine, CA (10/09/2020) – Advantech announced today that MIC-730AI, Edge AI Inference System based on NVIDIA Jetson® Xavier has received a 2020 IoT Edge Computing Excellence Award from IoT Evolution World, the leading web site covering the Internet of Things (IoT) marketplace. This award recognizes the companies emerging as leaders in the
Bill Gates worries about the implications of the baseless anti-vaxxer conspiracy theories targeting him and Dr. Anthony Fauci that have emerged during the coronavirus pandemic, telling CNBC they can erode confidence in public health strategies. In an interview that aired Wednesday on “Squawk Box,” Gates said the false claims about him and Fauci, the nation’s
For breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT), long-term oncologic outcomes for immediate breast reconstruction with nipple- or skin-sparing mastectomy were comparable to total mastectomy without reconstruction, a case-control study from Korea found. In a propensity score-matched analysis involving nearly 650 patients, no significant differences were seen at a median 5.5 years follow-up between the
You can’t talk about the emergence of sublingual immunotherapy in the U.S. without mentioning Dr. David Morris (1929-2017), a true innovator in allergy. When traditional allergy treatment didn’t work for his patients, he didn’t tell them to give up and live with their symptoms — he changed the narrative on what allergy treatment could and
Do you often lose concentration and find yourself devoid of energy in the afternoon? If so, you’re not alone – but there are ways to boost both your vitality, and your productivity… Come 3pm, and most of us are seriously flagging. Our energy levels are low, our brains are foggy, and yet there are still
It might be time to put the gloves on again. And turn up the thermostat. That is especially good advice for residents of states including Texas, California and Wisconsin, where recorded cases of coronavirus have risen to more than 18,000 in the past seven days. The reason? New data suggests that the hotter a surface
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. As COVID-19 numberssoared across the country this spring, tribal nations began closing their reservation boundaries to non-residents. The Cheyenne River Sioux and Oglala Sioux erected checkpoints on roads entering their reservations in order to protect their citizens, even as the state
Lung cancer cells. Credit: LRI EM Unit It started with a challenge. Or 7 to be exact, 7 challenges we issued to the global research community, challenges that scientists, doctors and people affected by cancer all agreed would help us make the radical process we need to beat cancer. Challenges that launched our most ambitious
More than 50% of older adults hospitalized with heart failure are sent home with a pharmacy’s worth of medications that not only may be unnecessary, but may cause adverse interactions, according to a new study. Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center found that heart failure patients 65 years and older are