Laurie Toich, Assistant Editor

This class of antibiotic can potentially cause permanent disabilities.

Two-thirds of insurers selling ACA plans lost money in 2014.

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Risk factors such as ethnicity, income, and education can potentially impact value-based payments.

Even low-to-moderate drinking can increase cancer risk.

Amyloid fibrils rapidly self-replicate in Alzheimer’s disease.

A combination of proteins and growth factors could transform a simple cell into a complex cell.

Liquid biopsy analyzes the urine of patients who underwent digital rectal examinations.

Discrepancies between drug costs and reimbursement from payers grows.

Attorney generals from 8 states and the District of Columbia joined the lawsuit against large insurer mergers.

Targeting CD4+ T lymphocytes could help antiretroviral therapy eliminate all HIV.

Theranos has hired new executives and created a quality and regulatory control committee to appeal sanctions from the CMS.

The drug binds to sclerostin and increases bone formation for osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.

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Alternative sources of protein such as soy and legumes could protect against kidney failure.

Approximately 48% of all strokes could be avoided if hypertension was eliminated.

Participating physicians will create personalized risk management plans for Medicare beneficiaries.

AbbVie and Amgen are attempting to stop biosimilars from emerging through the use of new patents.

Avoidable hospitalizations could be prevented with a novel drug reaction prediction tool.

Infusion costs heavily influence the overall cost-efficacy of ulcerative colitis treatment.

An award of $55 million will help launch different infrastructure needed to improve precision medicine.

Approximately 74% of patients storing prescription drugs saved them from previous prescriptions.

Increased expression of c-Abl increased α-synuclein clumps in the brain of patients with Parkinson’s disease.

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Approximately 67% of elderly adults underused their medications.

An award of $55 million will help launch different infrastructure needed to improve precision medicine.

Surgery combined with chemotherapy and radiation may be a good option for pancreatic cancer patients whose tumors involved blood vessels.

Restricted access to atypical antipsychotics resulted in small cost savings, but increased healthcare utilization.

The United States was found to have higher prescription and surgery costs compared with other countries.

Services that would deliver the best patient care were rationed by 53.1% of physicians due to costs.