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If Medicare adopted the approach taken by Costco in buying and providing common prescription medications the system would save billions of dollars, a recent study showed. Caleb Alexander, an internal medicine expert at Johns Hopkins, says he’s not surprised. Alexander: …
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The Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm is just the latest misstep in the FDA’s mishandling of accelerated approval, with a recent study showing that almost half of drugs approved this way haven’t done the required confirmatory studies. Caleb Alexander, an internal medicine …
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If you’re worried about your cancer risk you might want to consider your alcohol consumption, Elizabeth Tracey reports Alcohol consumption is associated with a greater risk for cancer, a new global analysis concludes, with some cancers very strongly associated with …
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Can your gut bacteria impact on how you respond to cancer treatment? Elizabeth Tracey reports For people with advanced melanoma who were being treated with a class of targeted therapies known as checkpoint inhibitors, response to therapy was associated with …
