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How high can I price my drug?
Mike Wokasch PharmaceuticalHigh drug prices — especially for life-saving or life-enhancing specialty drugs — continue to attract media attention in the U.S. prescription drug market. News outlets often highlight patients lacking adequate prescription drug coverage who have been financially crippled by the cost of their prescriptions. In an attempt to justify these high prices, PhRMA continues its mantra of "high cost and high risk of research" rationale.
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What is direct access, and why should PTs care?
Charlotte Bohnett Medical & Allied HealthcareIn popular culture, the word "access" implies exclusivity — like a backstage pass to a rock concert or high-level clearance to government files. When it comes to direct access to physical therapy, however, the opposite is true.
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Why are healthcare workers getting infected with Ebola? We were not prepared
Joan Spitrey Medical & Allied HealthcareThomas Eric Duncan, the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States, died Oct. 8. Shortly after, a nurse named Nina Pham was diagnosed with the Ebola virus, followed this week by a second nurse who is also infected. With the current infections of two direct caregivers, questions have surfaced regarding the preparedness of our hospitals and healthcare staff in the United States.
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Civil HEMS finally arrives in China
Mark Huber Medical & Allied HealthcareA couple of months ago, I asked the CEO of a helicopter manufacturer why it was taking so long for the Chinese market to fully open up. He explained that the Air Force there still controlled the airspace, and they were in no hurry to turn it over to civilians.
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Study shows complications of dermatology cases in ED
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcareMore than 75 percent of all dermatology complaints seen in emergency departments are acute rather than chronic, according to research results presented at the 23rd European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Congress.
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Breast cancer risk in women increases with waistline
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Medical & Allied HealthcareThe measurement was simple for this research: a woman's waistline. A recent study has found that the bigger women get around their waist as they age, the greater was the risk for breast cancer.
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PAs in Liberia need your help containing Ebola outbreak
John Oliphant Medical & Allied HealthcareThere's a health crisis going on half a world away. But this one has hit close to home for me. I first traveled to Liberia in 2012, working on a project to assess its healthcare system. I toured a bunch of different clinics and hospitals, and I got to know a lot of the healthcare providers there. Some of them became my friends.
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Discovery has researchers ‘1 step away’ from Type 1 diabetes…
Lauren Swan Medical & Allied HealthcareSome are calling it the greatest discovery since insulin. Other believe it's on par with the discovery of antibiotics, but regardless, it is one of the most incredible medical discoveries in our history. After 23 years of research, Harvard professor Doug Melton says scientists are "now just one step away from the finish line" — a cure for Type 1 diabetes.
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Nurse management: Open source or old school?
Keith Carlson Medical & Allied HealthcareJust like any industry, there are "old school" and "new school" approaches to nurse management. In the 21st century, many managers still cling to old ways of thinking that are, to a great extent, based on top-down, hierarchical corporate structures steeped in 20th-century patriarchal culture.
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New app helping med students diagnose quickly in ER
Stephanie McKenzie Medical & Allied HealthcareThere is a new app that is making emergency medicine a lot easier for residents and interns on the floor. The Basics of Emergency Medicine app by the Emergency Medicine Residents' Association is currently only available on iPhones, but it is already proving to be an invaluable tool to emergency medicine interns and residents across the country.
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