What the papers say – weekly digest (08/12/23)
Your weekly digest of the top healthcare stories, covering news published from 04/12/2023 – 08/12/2023. The Daily Express A revolutionary computer program can predict if type 2 diabetes… read more.
Your weekly digest of the top healthcare stories, covering news published from 04/12/2023 – 08/12/2023. The Daily Express A revolutionary computer program can predict if type 2 diabetes… read more.
Medicare is the single largest provider of health insurance in the United States, serving 63.8 million senior citizens as of 2022. Three-quarters of these recipients are enrolled in… read more.
Eli Lilly and Company announced that the FDA approved Jaypirca (pirtobrutinib, 100 mg & 50 mg tablets) for the treatment of adult patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or… read more.
UCB announced that the European Commission (EC) has granted a marketing authorization for Zilbrysq (zilucoplan) as an add-on to standard therapy for the treatment of generalized myasthenia gravis… read more.
Vivos Therapeutics, Inc. announced that it has been granted 510(k) clearance from the FDA for treating severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in adults using the Vivos’ removable CARE… read more.
More older Americans use cannabis now than before the pandemic, with 12% saying they’ve consumed a THC-containing substance in the past year and 4% saying they do so… read more.
To improve primary care, Canada can learn from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries with high rates of patients attached to primary care clinicians, write authors… read more.
AstraZeneca has decided to discontinue the STABILIZE-CKD and DIALIZE-Outcomes Phase III evidence trials for Lokelma (sodium zirconium cyclosilicate) . The decision was made due to substantially increased enrolment… read more.
As the use of wearable technology grows, smart watches are marketed across the globe to consumers as a way to monitor health. For some, they’re told by these… read more.
Results of a qualitative research study into the uptake of PrEP – a drug which stops HIV infecting the body – suggests that more needs to be done… read more.
As part of its longstanding commitment to patients in rheumatology, UCB, a global biopharmaceutical company, is sponsoring an expert-led, multi-stakeholder programme called Rheumacensus. The programme aims to identify… read more.
A shorter reproductive life span, which is determined by a woman’s age at menarche and menopause, has been associated with a number of adverse health effects, including cardiovascular… read more.