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Marines of Lima Company remember the fallen and reunite in Nashville to halt veteran suicides 60 surviving members gathered for a reunion weekend dubbed Operation Resiliency https://www.foxnews.com/us/marines-lima-company-remember-reunite-nashville-halt-veteran-suicides The Marines of Lima Company, 3rd battalion, 25th Marines, took some of the heaviest casualties during the Iraq War. Of the 184 Marines who deployed together from this […]
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An Invitation to Save Our Profession and Improve Working Conditions Email * An Invitation to Save Our Profession and Improve Working Conditions My name is Leslie M. Ohmart III. I am a fourth generation pharmacist have been licensed in Maine since 1978. In my 43 years as a pharmacist I have been a bench pharmacist, […]
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Over The Counter doesn’t mean Always Safe https://ncpa.org/newsroom/qam/2021/05/26/qam-gi-over-counter-doesnt-mean-always-safe Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) didn’t want to take opioids after painful dental surgery. So she took Motrin. A lot of it. All that Motrin led to emergency surgery last week for a perforated ulcer. According to a story from The Washington Post, “there’s a real education gap” […]
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Why drug-discount programs aren’t always a good deal https://www.axios.com/drug-prices-discount-programs-truvada-goodrx-daf50487-9607-4fb2-a84f-02b1fd7bc37a.html Buying prescription drugs through GoodRx, Amazon and other alternative avenues does not guarantee patients are getting a good deal. The big picture: More people are purchasing their drugs with cash instead of using their health insurance, in large part because they are getting sizable discounts. But […]
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Google Strikes Deal With Hospital Chain to Develop Healthcare Algorithms https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-strikes-deal-with-hospital-chain-to-develop-healthcare-algorithms-11622030401 ant expands health-sector presence in latest deal to develop tools to improve medical care, as privacy concerns arise Hospitals are uniquely positioned as brokers for data created by patients seeking care and interacting with doctors, laboratories, pharmacies and medical devices. Photo: George Etheredge/Bloomberg News […]
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FDA Restricts Obeticholic Acid (Ocaliva) Over Serious Liver Injury Risk https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/951931 The risk for serious liver injury with obeticholic acid (Ocaliva, Intercept Pharmaceuticals) has prompted the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to restrict its use in patients with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) and advanced cirrhosis. The agency has added a new contraindication to the […]
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in reading this… it may more apply to those folks that get both Medicare disability monies and are also eligible for Medicaid assistance. Some Disabled People Lose Disability Benefits After Stimulus Checks https://themighty.com/2021/05/disability-benefits-stimulus-checks-chronic-illness/ When the United States government approved sending stimulus checks to American citizens and residents during the COVID-19 pandemic, many people were relieved. […]
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Tech company buys 700-physician network in California https://www.beckersasc.com/asc-transactions-and-valuation-issues/tech-company-buys-700-physician-network-in-california.html There’s a new nontraditional company in town purchasing physician groups: a London-based digital health company. Babylon, which provides virtual care and health monitoring services, purchased Novato, Calif.-based Meritage Medical Network in April and plans to open a new office in Palo Alto, Calif. Meritage has 700 physicians […]
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Comments to the FDA: Opioid Dosing Based on Milligram Morphine Equivalents Is Unscientific https://www.acsh.org/news/2021/05/24/comments-fda-opioid-dosing-based-milligram-morphine-equivalents-unscientific-15561 The following comments will be submitted to the FDA. I will demonstrate why the Morphine Milligram Equivalent (MME) conversion chart, the main pillar of the CDC 2016 Prescribing Guidelines, is deeply flawed. Hence, all opioid policies are based on MMEs are […]
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