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March 04, 2022
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The time to act is now: Medicines and health care must be affordable for all

The cost of prescription medicines in the U.S. continues to rise, and for many, lifesaving medicines such as insulin are inaccessible due to cost.

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November 16, 2021
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Immunotherapy before targeted therapy extends OS in metastatic melanoma

Patients with BRAF V600 mutation-positive metastatic melanoma who received an immune checkpoint inhibitor combination followed by targeted therapy survived longer than those who received the reverse sequence, according to study findings.

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September 14, 2021
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HHS plan to lower prescription drug costs is a good start, but we need bold, swift action

HHS recently announced a plan supporting legislation that would allow it to negotiate Medicare Part B and Part D drug prices directly with pharmaceutical companies and then make those prices available to other purchasers.

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July 23, 2021
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Hooked On Rheum with Angus B. Worthing, MD

I was attracted to rheumatology through exposure to excellent practicing rheumatologists early in my career.

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July 15, 2021
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WASE-COVID

Artificial intelligence vs. expert analysis for mortality prediction in patients with COVID-19.

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July 03, 2021
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Ferumoxytol effective, safe for iron deficiency, iron deficiency anemia of pregnancy

Iron replacement with IV ferumoxytol appears effective and safe for iron-deficient pregnant women with anemia in their second or third trimester, according to study results published in Therapeutic Advances in Hematology.

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May 24, 2021
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AI-based echo analyses best human analyses for COVID-19 mortality prediction

In patients with COVID-19 who had an echocardiogram, analysis by artificial intelligence better predicted mortality than analysis by experts, according to the results of the WASE-COVID study.

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April 09, 2021
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Association elects 25 fellows of AACR Academy

American Association for Cancer Research elected 25 scientists as fellows of the AACR Academy.

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April 07, 2021
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‘Amazing’ recovery of donations, transplant rate seen during pandemic

Organ donation and kidney transplants have made an “amazing” recovery from the worst days of the pandemic, a speaker said here, with more than 33,000 kidney transplants performed in 2020.

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February 23, 2021
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Better trials needed to assess combination therapy for hypothyroidism

Three large professional thyroid organizations issued a joint statement calling for new trials of combination therapy to treat hypothyroidism, citing new clinical endpoints and the importance of assessing patient-reported outcomes.

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