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Pain Management in Breast Cancer Outpatients https://www.uspharmacist.com/article/pain-management-in-breast-cancer-outpatients Pain is reported by 25% to 89% of breast cancer (BC) patients during the disease process. This pain, which may be due to disease progression, surgery, or drug treatment, can range from mild to severe and can be of short or long duration. Little is known about how […]
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HHS, DOJ Issue Guidance to Eliminate Telehealth Discrimination https://mhealthintelligence.com/news/hhs-doj-issue-guidance-to-eliminate-telehealth-discrimination The federal agencies’ guidance provides examples of discrimination during telehealth visits and actions to ensure virtual care remains accessible to all. In honor of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) anniversary, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) worked with the US Department of […]
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7 healthcare takeaways from Senate Democrats’ newly passed $739B landmark bill https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/7-healthcare-takeaways-from-senate-democrats-newly-passed-739b-landmark-bill.html With a 51-50 vote, Senate Democrats passed a sweeping $739 billion bill Aug. 7 that furthers some of the largest changes to healthcare in years. Titled the Inflation Reduction Act, the bill touches energy, tax reform and healthcare. The House is expected to […]
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Minnesota is among the first states to address the unintended consequence of CDC opioid guidance from 2016 https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/breaking-the-news/law-could-be-life-saving-for-chronic-pain-patients/89-b22f2aba-667d-42cb-877d-20c3eb70efd3 LAKEVILLE, Minn. — On August 1, a change to a Minnesota state statute regarding opioid prescribing quietly ushered in a change that could be life-saving for people who suffer of severe, chronic pain. The change addresses […]
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AITA for Pointing Out to the Insurance Company That I’m the Expert on My Patient? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/976690 I (48, F) had to do one of those “peer-to-peer” calls with an insurance physician (undisclosed-age, M). I know, it’s a commonplace task now, what’s the big deal, etc., but let me explain. From the start of the conversation, […]
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Americans Have No Right to Healthcare — It’s high time we change that https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/96938 The United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights, signed in 1948, set up the framework that healthcare is a human right. Article 25 of the document stated that, “everyone has a right to standard of living adequate for the health and […]
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Democrats’ New Drug Pricing Bill Will Jack Up Prices For Americans, CBO Finds below is a graphic of where the majority of the $$$ paid at the pharmacy register goes and here is what Congress has negotiated on the NUMBER OF MEDICATIONS that price negotiations can be done on The number of negotiated drugs would […]
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Vanderbilt should lose Magnet status over RaDonda Vaught’s treatment, nurses say https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/nursing/vanderbilt-should-lose-magnet-status-over-radonda-vaught-s-treatment-nurses-say.html Some nurses are urging the American Nurses Credentialing Center not to renew Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Magnet designation, arguing that the hospital’s response to RaDonda Vaught’s fatal medication error and conviction do not align with the program’s mission to create an environment where […]
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EU Says Novavax COVID Shot Must Carry Heart Side Effect Warning https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/978527 LONDON (Reuters) -The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is recommending Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine carry a warning of the possibility of two types of heart inflammation, an added burden for a shot that has so far failed to win wide uptake. The heart conditions – […]
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https://www.pharmaciststeve.com/supreme-court-hearing-for-the-doctors-xiulu-ruan-md-and-shakeel-kahn-md/ https://www.pharmaciststeve.com/dea-policy-reversal-on-allowed-prescription-annotations-for-schedule-ii-prescriptions/ If you listened to the above video and heard the retired pharmacist/chronic pain pt stating that all of his correspondence with bureaucrats/politicians seems to have “fallen on deft ears”. Over 5 decades ago, the feds/DEA declared that marijuana had NO VALID MEDICAL VALUE… yet 40 +/- states have legalized MJ in some form […]
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