FDA Warns on Certain Forms of Compounded Semaglutide
(MedPage Today) -- Certain compounded forms of semaglutide may not contain the same active ingredient as the approved versions for type 2 diabetes and weight-loss, the FDA warned earlier this week.
Due to unprecedented demand for the GLP-1 receptor... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - June 1, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Dear Colleagues: You Don't Hate People
(MedPage Today) -- It's something one hears too often in healthcare. I've heard it my entire career at one time or another. More in the last few years, with the shortages, pandemics, lions, tigers, and bears...
A nurse, physician, medic, or someone... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - June 1, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
2023 Business of Pride Awards: Dr. David Prelutsky made treating HIV patients a calling
Word of mouth helped Dr. David Prelutsky, who focused on treating HIV patients, grow his patient base from a couple of hundred to more than 5,000 today. He's also trying to take care of the LGBTQ community in court, as he recently took on the Missouri attorney general's transgender health care rule. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - June 1, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Bonita Tillman Source Type: news
St. Francis union nurses vote to authorize strike to move for safer staffing
Ascension Via Christi said in a statement that it has not yet received a 10-day strike notice. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - June 1, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Shelby Kellerman Source Type: news
Fired COVID Whistleblower Doesn't Want to Settle His Case
(MedPage Today) -- Ming Lin, MD, the emergency medicine physician from Washington state who was fired early in the COVID pandemic for publicly airing alleged safety concerns, said he has broken with his lawyers over their advice to settle his case... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - June 1, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Medifast pulls out of Hong Kong, Singapore to free up capital for future growth
The push for growth comes as Medifast has seen its revenue and profits decline over the last year due to inflation and a down economy. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - June 1, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Jessica Iannetta Source Type: news
2023 Business of Pride Awards: How BJC celebrates and serves the LGBTQ+ community
As a corporate ally, the St. Louis-based health care giant has madea business case for embracing the LGBTQ+ community, but also does so "because it's the right thing to do." (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - June 1, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Jacob Kirn Source Type: news
Mark Cuban company, Peninsula drug maker Coherus team up for super-cheap version of Humira
The price for Coherus' biosimilar version of Humira comes in at near the original price for the rheumatoid arthritis drug when it was introduced more than 20 years ago. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - June 1, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Ron Leuty Source Type: news
Video of ACOG Presenter Being Slapped Goes Viral
(MedPage Today) -- A shocking video from the recent American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) annual meeting is making the rounds on Twitter. In it, an audience member grabs the shirt of a panelist and slaps him.
"This [expletive... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
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Sports screening event protects health of young champions
Laura Porter remembers participating in the American Heart Association ’s Jump Rope for Heart program (now known as the Kids Heart Challenge) when she was in elementary school. She was supposed to take her pulse after jumping rope for five minutes. When Porter discovered her pulse was 110, she thought she must have calculated it incorrectly. So, she recorded a lower heart rate that was similar to the rates reported by her classmates.
“I was always out of breath and had a pounding heart rate,”… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - June 1, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Atrium Health Source Type: news
Atrium telemental clinician answers the call for those who need it most
In the middle of the night, when most of Charlotte is sleeping, Vanessa McCrea, is providing immediate, potentially lifesaving care to people who are seeking mental health resources.
McCrea works the third shift as a telemental clinician for the Atrium Health Behavioral Health Help Line, where licensed professionals like McCrea answer calls 24 hours a day, seven days a week for anyone who needs help. That may include people who are struggling with mental illness, such as depression or anxiety, or … (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - June 1, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Atrium Health Source Type: news
Nurse Accused of Killing Patients With Insulin; Naturopath Settles False Claims Suit
(MedPage Today) -- Former nurse Heather Pressdee has been accused of giving patients excessive amounts of insulin, killing two of them and hospitalizing a third. Pressdee allegedly told another nurse at the facility that one of the patients who... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - June 1, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Folx Health kicks off campaign to raise funds to cover 474 transgender patients
The LGBTQ primary care start up intends to raise $400,000 to cover the cost of care for 474 people, the number of anti-LGBTQ bills filed across the country. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - June 1, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Cassie McGrath Source Type: news
These are the factors driving the decline in women workers' mental health
More than one-third of U.S. workers report that their mental health has taken a turn for the worse over the last six months and - for women in particular - long hours and increased workloads are the biggest culprits.
The latest workforce survey from The Conference Board polled more than 1,100 individuals, predominantly office workers. Respondents weighed in on mental health, engagement levels and job security. Mental health is defined as a state of mind characterized by emotional well-being, good … (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - June 1, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Marie Leech Source Type: news
FDA OKs Olaparib-Abiraterone for Metastatic Prostate Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA has approved the PARP inhibitor olaparib (Lynparza) in combination with abiraterone (Zytiga) for BRCA-mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), the agency announced Wednesday.
Adult patients should... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
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