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Substituting a different drug doesn't always work, doctors say. And because stimulants are controlled substances, patients face extra hurdles in trying to get them: Prescriptions can’t be transferred or filled early, the Wall Street Journal reported. One patient says she called 73 pharmacies the day she ran out, to no avail.
The study focused on workers at the Veterans’ Affairs Boston Healthcare System between December 2020 and September 2021. In related news, patients who are especially vulnerable to covid say they face the "impossible choice" of risking getting infected at a doctor's office or not going to the doctor at all now that mask mandates are gone.
According to The New York Times, this agreement wraps up many of Juul's legal fights, with settlements now in place in 47 states and territories, along with 5,000 individuals and local governments. Other news from around the country comes out of California, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Louisiana, and elsewhere.
Rates rose 4% in 2021, marking the largest one-year increase in two decades. Separately, news outlets cover gun violence and mental health.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is accepting feedback until the end of this week on its draft plan, and will publish the much-anticipated final guidance this summer. The list of 10 drugs that will be included in the program is expected in September.
The Department of Health and Human Services released a proposed rule that would strengthen HIPAA protections to keep private medical information from being used in an investigation against patients who seek an abortion across state lines, as well as health care providers.
While in part blocking a Texas judge's ruling that would have vacated FDA approval of mifepristone, the 5th Circuit judges rolled back rule changes made by the FDA since 2016, like allowing mail delivery of the drug or its use up to 10 weeks of pregnancy. Their decision is in place until the case can receive a full hearing.
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Rural residents experience depression more than urban residents, a new study found. Several lawmakers also talk about their mental health. And in other health news from across the US, California considers mandating HPV shots for all college students.
U.S. News and Word Report's rankings of best medical schools has been attacked as unreliable, and several major schools have refused to share their data with the survey. Johns Hopkins University was ranked first for research, rising from No. 3, supplanting Harvard.
Syphilis rates in particular leaped 32%. The CDC remains concerned that the pandemic has disrupted screenings for sexually transmitted infections. Other public health news is on sesame allergies, defibrillators, and the benefits of walking.
In other news about covid, a study found that globally, people with conservative values adhered to covid protocols — except in the U.S. Also, news about flu and strep.
The shooter is most often a fired employee, the Violence Project found. Also, more updates on the Louisville mass shooting.
The carcinogenic gas is used to sterilize medical equipment and can leak into the environment. In other news, claims that the diabetes drug Mounjaro may be more effective that Ozempic for weight loss, but there are major caveats.
The illegal drug combination of fentanyl and xylazine has been linked to a growing number of deaths, said Dr. Rahul Gupta, the nation's anti-drug czar. In other news on the drug crisis: overdose kits are becoming more widely available, and a woman is charged in Louisiana for failing to seek aid for an overdose victim.
The data ran through the end of 2022, by which point 13 states had banned abortion with almost no exceptions and another state had banned it after six weeks of pregnancy, The New York Times reported. Meanwhile, in Montana, a preemptive lawsuit failed to halt the state's pending abortion ban.
Misoprostol alone is still an option for a medication-induced abortion. “It’s a little old-school, but we could do it,” one doctor said.
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