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5 Easy Ways Pharmacists Can Improve Medication Adherence
Pharmacists play a critical role in helping patients adhere to therapy.
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Autoimmune Disease Severity Affected by Time of Day
Disrupting the circadian rhythm exacerbate multiple sclerosis symptoms.
Trending News Today: New Customer Sign-Ups for ACA Plans Increased in Last Few Days of Open Enrollment
Top news of the day from across the health care landscape.
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Fruits, Vegetables Could Reduce Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms
Patients with multiple sclerosis who eat healthy could reduce their risk of severe disability by 20%.
Gaps in HIV Care Exist After Incarceration
Only 21% of HIV-positive individuals visited a health care provider within 2 weeks of release from jail or prison.
Minority Patients Less Likely to Seek Health Care for Psoriasis
Only 38.3% of non-Hispanic minorities with psoriasis visited a dermatologist.
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Tofacitinib Approved for Active Psoriatic Arthritis
Tofacitinib (Xeljanz/Xeljanz XR) improves disease severity for patients with psoriatic arthritis.
High-Intensity Exercise May Slow Parkinson's Disease
Exercise may help to control symptoms and delay disease progression in patients with Parkinson’s disease.
Atezolizumab, Bevacizumab Combination Lessened Mortality Risk for Kidney Cancer Patients
An immunotherapy combination increased progression-free survival among patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.
Trending News Today: ACA Enrollment Will Likely Fall Short of Previous Years
Top news of the day from across the healthcare landscape.
Anti-Hypertensive Drug Linked to Increased Skin Cancer Risk?
A commonly used blood pressure medication may also heighten the risk of developing skin cancer.
Combination Therapy Fails in Late-Stage Clinical Trial of Advanced Gastric Cancer
A combination of ramucirumab plus cisplatin and capecitabine did not improve survival in gastric cancer.
Multiple Sclerosis Drug Delivery Research Targets Extracellular Vesicles
Increasing myelin production by targeting oligodendrocytes shows promise as a treatment for multiple sclerosis.
Combining Prevention Measures Reduces New Cases of HIV
Voluntary male circumcision and starting antiretroviral therapy reduced new cases of HIV by 42% in vulnerable regions.
Trending News Today: Costs for California Public Employees Skyrockets Due to Specialty Drugs
No Relief from High Drug Costs in Sight
Prescription drug list prices outpaced the rate of inflation every year from 2006 to 2015.
Tisagenlecleucel Elicits Complete Response in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Patients
Tisagenlecleucel (Kymriah) produced an overall response rate of 53% in patients with lymphoma.
Gene Therapy Provides Hope for Patients with Hemophilia
A majority of patients with hemophilia B avoided joint bleeds after receiving gene therapy.
Long-Acting HIV Injectable Starts Phase 3 Clinical Testing
Long-acting pre-exposure prophylaxis may improve adherence to HIV treatment.
Diabetes, Obesity Cause Hundreds of Thousands of Cancers Annually
Liver cancer is the most common cancer caused by diabetes and obesity.
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FDA Approves Biologic Drug for Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
Officials with the FDA have approved the expanded use of mepolizumab (Nucala) for the treatment of adults with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA).
Pegfilgrastim Biosimilar Matches Reference Product
A proposed Sandoz biosimilar of pegfilgrastim (Neulasta) demonstrated biosimilarity to the reference biologic.
Biologic Drug Receives FDA Approval for Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
A high number of patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis treated with mepolizumab achieve remission within 24 weeks compared with placebo patients.
Anti-Hypertensives May Increase the Risk of Skin Cancer
Patients taking hydrochlorothiazide may be 7 times more likely to develop squamous cell carcinoma.
New Blood Test May Detect Multiple Sclerosis Worsening
The presence of a nerve protein in the blood may indicate the development of new T1 and T2 lesions resulting from multiple sclerosis.