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AMA Debates Policy on Informal Milk Sharing Amid Formula Shortage
(MedPage Today) -- A draft policy calling for the American Medical Association (AMA) to "discourage" informal milk sharing faced an onslaught of opposition from nearly a dozen physicians, most of them parents, during the AMA's House of Delegates... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - June 13, 2022 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Doctors: Bipartisan Senate Gun Control Deal ‘Will Safe Lives’
The American Medical Association praised the bipartisan gun control deal in the U.S. Senate that will enhance background checks and mental health. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - June 12, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Japsen, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Business /business pharma Source Type: news

Doctors: Bipartisan Senate Gun Control Deal Will Safe Lives
The American Medical Association praised the bipartisan gun control deal in the U.S. Senate that will enhance background checks and mental health. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - June 12, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Japsen, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Business /business pharma Source Type: news

Doctors: Bipartisan Senate Gun Safety Deal ‘Will Save Lives’
The American Medical Association praised the bipartisan gun control deal in the U.S. Senate that will enhance background checks and mental health. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - June 12, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Japsen, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Business /business pharma Source Type: news

Should Docs Get Paid for Time Spent on Prior Authorizations?
(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Should physician practices get paid for the time they spend on prior authorizations? Members of the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates seemed divided on the idea. Prior authorization "is something... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - June 12, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Gun Violence Is a Scourge That Must Be Dealt With, Says Outgoing AMA President
(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Gun violence "cannot be our new normal," outgoing American Medical Association (AMA) president Gerald Harmon, MD, said at the opening session of the AMA House of Delegates annual meeting. "Gun violence is a plague... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - June 11, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Half of Hospitals Have Implemented No Price Transparency
FRIDAY, June 10, 2022 -- Few hospitals are fully compliant with price transparency rules, according to a research letter published in the June 7 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Waqas Haque, M.D., from New York University... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - June 10, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

New Drug Launch Prices Increasing Exponentially Each Year
THURSDAY, June 9, 2022 -- Launch prices for new drugs increased exponentially by 20 percent per year from 2008 to 2021, according to a research letter published in the June 7 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Benjamin N.... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - June 9, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Disgusted By Shootings, Doctors Push Congress On Gun Violence
The American Medical Association and a parade of medical care provider groups are intensifying their calls for Congress to pass gun control legislation, frustrated at the mounting death toll of Americans including children, teachers and – just this week – physicians. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - June 3, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Japsen, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Science /science business pharma Source Type: news

AMA Survey Shows Lack of Progress on Prior Authorization Reforms
FRIDAY, May 27, 2022 -- Prior authorization reforms are not being implemented as planned, according to survey results released by the American Medical Association. In December 2021, the AMA conducted a survey of more than 1,000 practicing physicians... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - May 27, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

TMA Insurance Trust Names New Executive Director
The American Medical Association (AMA) honored Houston scientist and physician Peter J. Hotez, MD, with the Scientific Achievement Award for his work on promoting vaccines and combating vaccine misinformation. (Source: TMA News Room)
Source: TMA News Room - May 27, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Outdoor Workers Have Little Protection In A Warming World
The official start of summer—the June 21 solstice—is still weeks away, yet for many parts of the northern hemisphere unusually high temperatures are already providing a taste of what’s to come. American heat records were set from Texas to Massachusetts over the weekend, with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicting a hotter-than-usual June, July, and August. While many of us can seek refuge from the heat by turning on the AC or going to the local community pool, outdoor workers—like farm laborers, garbage collectors, construction workers, and air conditioner mechanics—are...
Source: TIME: Health - May 26, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Aryn Baker Tags: Uncategorized climate change Climate Is Everything extreme weather healthscienceclimate Londontime Source Type: news

Routine Childhood Vaccination Rates Fell as Misinformation About the COVID-19 Shot Rose
Anti-vaccine sentiments have been simmering in the U.S. since at least 1998, when the Lancet, a prestigious medical journal, published—and later retracted—a fraudulent paper falsely linking childhood vaccines to autism. They’ve grown even stronger in the past two years, thanks to disinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines. Though the development of the COVID-19 vaccines happened at an unprecedented pace, they’ve been rigorously tested, and have proven both safe and effective. Nevertheless, falsehoods about them—that the vaccines contained microchips, that they would alter the DNA of recipients...
Source: TIME: Health - May 5, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

New analysis confirms hospitals markup prices for oncology therapies
A recentstudy from The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) examined 61 hospitals using data made public under new requirements from a recent price transparency regulation. The researchers found hospitals, on average, mark up medicines for commercial insurers by more than double the price they paid to acquire them. Put simply, this means hospitals may earn more revenue on medicines than even the biopharmaceutical companies that developed them. This also leads to higher out-of-pocket costs for many patients. The study reinforces what theBerkeley Research Group found earlier this year: more than half of every d...
Source: The Catalyst - April 21, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Gabby Migliara Tags: Drug Cost Out-of-Pocket Costs Hospitals Source Type: news

Dementia Incidence Varies by Race, Ethnicity
THURSDAY, April 21, 2022 -- There are significant differences in dementia incidence among U.S. veterans based on race and ethnicity, according to a study published in the April 19 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Erica... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 21, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news