Drug shortages don’t sound like the kind of thing that could happen in the United States. Yet shortages of drugs ranging from cancer treatment to painkillers have become commonplace. Guest include our Yoram Unguru
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The Case of the $629 Band-AidMay 13, 2016 |
— and what it reveals about American health care. Last January, Malcolm Bird took his 1-year-old daughter, Colette, to the local emergency room. His wife had accidentally cut the young girl’s pinky finger while clipping her fingernails, and it had begun to bleed. … Colette turned out to be completely fine. A doctor ran her finger under the tap, stuck a Band-Aid on her pinky, and sent the family home
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Young Indians are paying for complex, painful procedures despite the absence of medical oversight in the race to improve career and marriage prospects
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The Food and Drug Administration made final sweeping new rules that for the first time extend federal regulatory authority to e-cigarettes, popular nicotine delivery devices that have grown into a multibillion-dollar business with virtually no federal oversight or protections for American consumers
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At some hospitals, posters on the wall in the emergency department list the drugs that are in short supply or unavailable, along with recommended alternatives. The low-tech visual aid can save time with critically ill patients, allowing doctors to focus on caring for them rather than doing research on the fly
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That Surgery Might Cost You A Lot Less In Another TownApril 28, 2016 |
Need knee replacement surgery? It may be worthwhile to head for Tucson. That’s because the average price for a knee replacement in the Arizona city is $21,976, about $38,000 less than it would in Sacramento, Calif
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Drug Prices Keep Rising Despite Intense CriticismApril 27, 2016 |
From the campaign trail to the halls of Congress, drug makers have spent much of the last year enduring withering criticism over the rising cost of drugs. It doesn’t seem to be working
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“In an effort to influence the direction of DMD research, Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy…recently initiated and drafted guidance for the pharmaceutical industry,” Dr. Yoram Unguru, a Johns Hopkins bioethicist and pediatric hematologist/oncologist, noted in an article published in 2015
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