Friday, 7 February 2020

2 Million Lost Health Coverage, Access to Care

Two million more Americans didn't seek health care from late 2016 through 2017 because they couldn't afford it and/or lacked insurance, new research shows. from WebMD Health https://ift.tt/3bmyP...

FDA Not Recommending Recalls of Diabetes Drug

The FDA began testing samples of metformin for the carcinogen NDMA at the end of last year. Contamination with this substance has led to recalls of blood pressure and heartburn medications within the past 2 years. from WebMD Health https://ift.tt/2uiHR...

Thursday, 6 February 2020

China Begins Testing an Antiviral Drug in Coronavirus Patients

By BY DENISE GRADY from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2upNK...

More Patients Turning to 'Direct Primary Care'

DPC Frontier, which tracks the number of direct primary care practices nationally, estimates there are 1,219 practices in 48 states and Washington, D.C. They range in size from solo practitioners to corporate, multisite direct primary care organizations with thousands of doctors. from...

W.H.O. Fights a Pandemic Besides Coronavirus. This One Attacks Eyeballs.

By BY MATT RICHTEL from NYT Health https://ift.tt/36XSD...