
Pharmacogenomics Can Ease Burden On Doctors Treating Patients With Rare Diseases
By leveraging select pharmacogenomic tools, physicians can minimize off-target effects of medications for their rare…
By leveraging select pharmacogenomic tools, physicians can minimize off-target effects of medications for their rare disease patients and support improved health outcomes while minimizing unintended consequences from adverse drug reactions or dosages. The post Pharmacogenomics Can Ease Burden On Doctors Treating Patients With Rare Diseases appeared first on MedCity News.
HPV self-collection testing empowers more people to participate in their own care, fostering autonomy and helping to bridge long-standing gaps in access to screenings for all populations. The post Empowering Prevention: The Present and Future of Cervical Cancer Screening appeared first on MedCity News.
[Sponsored] When you need a hip replacement, you deserve the best care to ensure the procedure goes smoothly. This article outlines the best orthopedic clinics for hip replacement in Houston. The post Houston’s Guide to the Three Best Orthopedic Clinics for Hip Replacement appeared first on MedCity News.
Let’s not add salt to the wound of funding cuts and personnel changes by inadvertently inviting even more ransomware – here’s a closer look at health’s endpoint holes, how federal cuts could ultimately help ransomware hackers, and what ecosystem defenders can do to step up and fight back. The post Federal Cuts Only Worsen Health’s…
If you want to create a perfect storm at Covered California and other Affordable Care Act marketplaces, all you have to do is make enrollment more time-consuming, ratchet up the toll on consumers’ pocketbooks, and terminate financial aid for some of the youngest and healthiest enrollees. And presto: You’ve got people dropping coverage; rising costs;…
A Georgia woman declared brain-dead and kept on life support for more than three months because she was pregnant was removed from a ventilator in June and died, days after doctors delivered her 1-pound, 13-ounce baby by emergency cesarean section. The baby is in the neonatal intensive care unit. The case has drawn national attention…
I got to interview V Bento the CEO of Sword Health. We had been in a little back and forth on Linkedin but this was the first time we actually had talked. Almost all of their business is in the US in MSK but they have recently added mental health and V is not shy…
From the Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker: Most ACA Marketplace insurers are requesting premium increases in the 10-20% range for 2026. But more than a quarter (27%) of insurers are proposing premium increases of 20% or more for 2026. What individuals will pay for this insurance, however, is much higher because of the expiration of the…
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reportedly planning to dismiss all 16 members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a panel that decides which preventive care services are fully covered by payers. This has sparked concern from healthcare leaders who warn it could undermine access to important cancer screenings, as well as vital…
This brief looks at recent policy proposals including the 2025 Budget Reconciliation Law, the Median v. Planned Parenthood decision, and the withholding of Title X funds and how they will impact the reproductive health safety net at the same time that there is an increase in the uninsured.