Roy Benaroch, MD on Measles
We’re all in this together.
People sometimes imagine that whether or not to vaccinate is a personal decision—that it only affects your own children. And other people assume that as long as they’re own children are vaccinated, they don’t need to worry about what their neighbors do. These fallacies come from a fundamental misunderstanding of how vaccines work.
Immunizations protect individuals from catching diseases, that’s true. But that’s not really their main purpose. We can’t just rely on immunizations to protect individuals one by one, because of several limitations. Some people can’t be vaccinated—i...
Source: PHRMA - February 11, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Emily Source Type: news
Roy Benaroch, MD
Adjunct Assistant Professor of PediatricsRoy Benaroch, MD is a pediatrician and Adjust Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Emory University. He writes about health and parenting topics at his blog, The Pediatric Insider, and at many other sites. His lecture series, Medical School for Everyone: Grands Rounds Cases, is now available through Amazon or The Great Courses. You can also follow Dr. Benaroch on Twitter.
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Source: PHRMA - February 11, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Emily Source Type: news
Anna Dragsbaek on Measles
The scientific evidence is strong--vaccines save lives and prevent dangerous diseases like measles. But perhaps the most poignant lesson is that good science alone is not always enough. Laws and policies matter a lot. As the US experiences a significant measles outbreak, one lesson is clear: science and policy go hand-in-hand. In order to fully realize the power of vaccines, we also need strong laws and policies to support high immunization rates.
The current measles outbreak is reigniting the discussion about mandatory immunizations versus freedom to choose and is playing out differently in each state. California,...
Source: PHRMA - February 11, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Emily Source Type: news
Anna Dragsbaek
President & CEOAnna C. Dragsbaek became aware of the critical role that vaccines play in the health of communities when working in a rural hospital as a Peace Corps volunteer in Sierra Leone, West Africa. She later pursued and completed her law degree, specializing in Public Health Law, at the University of Houston while working as Manager of the Immunization Project at Texas Children's Hospital.
In 2008, Anna became President and CEO of The Immunization Partnership, a nonprofit which promotes the importance of immunization through advocacy and education to individuals, community partners and healthcare providers....
Source: PHRMA - February 11, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Emily Source Type: news
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Source: PHRMA - February 4, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Emily Source Type: news
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Source: PHRMA - February 2, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Emily Source Type: news
#MedicareMonday: Providing Value to Beneficiaries
Medicare Part D is an incredibly important and successful program that provides seniors and persons with disabilities with access to affordable prescription drug coverage. While recent surveys indicating about 90 percent of beneficiaries are satisfied with their Part D coverage, you may not know about all the ways Medicare provides value to beneficiaries. That’s why we’re launching #MedicareMonday to highlight various aspects of the program.
To kick off, here are some basic facts about how Medicare Part D helps patients by providing access and choice:
By increasing access to needed medicines, beneficiaries are more li...
Source: PHRMA - February 2, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Emily Source Type: news
Get Involved to Protect Women’s Health During Cervical Health Awareness Month
Many people likely don’t realize that the human papillomavirus, or HPV, is one of the most prevalent sexually transmitted diseases in the United States. This means 79 million Americans, both men and women, currently carry the virus, which in some cases can lead to cervical cancer. In fact, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) estimates more than 12,000 women were diagnosed with the disease in 2014 and tragically about 4,000 women succumbed to it.
Fortunately, there is good news: cervical cancer is almost always caused by HPV and the biopharmaceutical industry was able to develop groundbreaking vaccines to help prevent the...
Source: PHRMA - January 30, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Emily Source Type: news
Strong R&D Investment the Best Bet to Slow Alzheimer’s Growing Threat
Strong R&D Investment the Best Bet to Slow Alzheimer’s Growing ThreatA new series in the News-Press, “Stolen Futures: The High Cost of Alzheimer’s,” spotlights the economic and personal devastation of Alzheimer’s disease in Southwest Florida. The stories highlighted in the series bring to life the struggles of Alzheimer’s patients and their caregivers and underscore the importance of investing in new innovative medicines to treat, slow, and prevent the disease.
Some experts believe Alzheimer’s will be the nation’s next great health care crisis. Nationally, Alzheimer’s accounts for $200 billion each ...
Source: PHRMA - January 28, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Emily Source Type: news
Diane Carbonell on Obesity
The obesity rates in America have risen steadily over the past 30 years. The time to tackle the problem of obesity before it takes a staggering personal and economic toll on society has already passed. Obesity currently takes an enormous personal and economic toll on our society. Research from Scott Kahan for The Fiscal Times indicates that obesity in America costs over 30 billion dollars per year. With over 30 percent of the adult population being obese, the economic, medical, and emotional well-being of individuals and society is already negatively impacted.
The obesity problem must be addressed from the ground up rather...
Source: PHRMA - January 26, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Emily Source Type: news
Diane Carbonell
Weight Loss ExpertDiane Carbonell lost 150 pounds through healthy eating and realistic exercise, and has maintained the weight loss for over 16 years. Author of the popular weight loss blog, Fit to the Finish, Diane is also the author of the book 150 Pounds Gone Forever. Diane has appeared on the Dr. Oz Show, the 700 Club, and been featured in Shape, Good Housekeeping, and Woman’s World magazines. Carbonell speaks nationally on weight loss and healthy family living, is the weight loss expert for Answers.com and is a frequent guest on radio talk shows.
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Source: PHRMA - January 26, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Emily Source Type: news
Ted Kyle on Obesity
To reduce the already staggering impact of obesity, we must set aside simplistic biases about this complex, chronic disease and aggressively pursue innovative, evidence-based approaches for both treatment and prevention of obesity.
For decades, NIH and leading experts in obesity have recognized that obesity is a disease governed by complex physiology, genetic, environmental, and behavioral factors. Research tells us that obesity is chronic because our bodies have powerful hormonal and metabolic mechanisms to protect us from losing weight. These mechanisms worked great when starvation was the biggest threat to survival. Hu...
Source: PHRMA - January 22, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Emily Source Type: news
Ted Kyle, RPh, MBA
Chairman of the BoardTed is a pharmacist who chairs the Board of Directors of the Obesity Action Coalition.
In his professional work, Ted collaborates with leading health and obesity experts for sound policy and innovation to address the obesity epidemic in North America. Ted is also an accomplished healthcare marketing and innovation professional.
In 2009, Ted founded ConscienHealth to help experts and organizations work for evidence-based approaches to health and obesity. Ted devotes much of his work to nonprofit advocacy, chairing The Obesity Society's Advocacy Committee for the last five years, serving on the Steering ...
Source: PHRMA - January 22, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Emily Source Type: news
How can we best tackle obesity before it takes a staggering personal and economic toll on society?
Kenneth Thorpe on Obesity
Submitted by Emily on Wed, 01/21/2015 - 11:55
Despite many of the problems developing around the world, America continually ranks among the top – the most obese, the most chronic disease with some of the most costly healthcare. By the year 2030, nearly half of America’s elderly population will be obese. Clearly it is time to treat obesity as the national health crisis that it is.
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Source: PHRMA - January 21, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Emily Source Type: news
Nikhil V. Dhurandhar, PhD on Obesity
Obesity is already taking a toll on our society, both on personal and economic levels. More than one-third (about 35.7%) of American adults are affected by obesity, a serious disease that is tied to more than 30 other health conditions, including heart disease and cancer. Many of these comorbid conditions require regular doctor’s visits, multiple medications for treatment, and hospitalizations, contributing approximately $190 billion per year to healthcare costs in the United States. This includes direct costs like preventive health care, diagnostic tests and treatment services, as well as indirect costs that affect empl...
Source: PHRMA - January 21, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Emily Source Type: news
