A UCLA-led report published today in the JAMA Internal Medicine exposes what the authors call a weakness in the high-profile “Best Hospitals Honor Roll” published […]
New York State health insurers now required to cover PSA blood test
A new law quietly went into effect in January that requires health insurers to cover the cost of routine screening for prostate cancer, a measure […]
Two thirds of required pediatric post-marketing drug studies are missing
The FDA requires clinical studies of new drugs in pediatric populations, since many drugs developed for use in adults are also used in children. These […]
Many drugstores won’t dispense opioid antidote as required
(HealthDay)—People who overdose on opioids have one lifeline, the drug naloxone, but two new studies find that many pharmacies won’t offer this lifesaving antidote without […]