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Anavex Life Sciences Reports Advances for Oral Alzheimer’s Disease Medication in Phase IIb/III Trial
Anavex Life Sciences Corp. has announced promising results from its Phase IIb/III clinical trial of blarcamesine (ANAVEX®2-73), an oral Alzheimer's disease medication, at the 2024 Alzheimer's Association International Conference. The study demonstrated that...
Causes of Increase in US Pedestrian Accidents
Since 2010, pedestrian deaths are up 77% according to the Governors Highway Safety Association data. Why did over 7,500 people die while walking or jogging on a roadway last year? Every day, on average, 20 Americans walk along a roadway and are killed by a vehicle. In...
How Health Systems Leaders Use Strategic Planning And Marketing In Healthcare Systems
Operating a healthcare facility is complicated. Without careful planning, problems can arise that impact the quality of care offered. Health systems leaders use a variety of tools and tactics to ensure that operations are well-managed and streamlined. Good planning...
The Role Of Nurses In Detecting Elder Abuse And Neglect
Going through aging comes with many happy and positive moments. However, some seniors living alone and those in elderly care homes face different challenges that can impact their physical and mental health. Many have to deal with loneliness, anxiety, depression and...
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Insurers Fight State Laws Restricting Surprise Ambulance Bills
Nicole Silva’s 4-year-old daughter was headed to a relative’s house near the southern Colorado town of La Jara when a vehicle T-boned the car she was riding in. A cascade of ambulance rides ensued — a ground ambulance to a local hospital, an air ambulance to Denver,...
Gemma Collins weight-loss drug advert banned
An Instagram post by TV personality Gemma Collins which advertised a weight-loss drug and app has been banned.The star posted: "I'm starting this year two sizes down, thanks to Yazen's weight loss app and medication".It is illegal to advertise prescription-only weight...
Resident doctors vote to strike in England
44 minutes agoShareSaveJim ReedHealth reporterShareSavePA MediaResident doctors in England have once again voted in favour of strike action, in the latest chapter in a long-running pay dispute.The doctors, previously known as junior doctors, were awarded a 5.4% pay...
In a Nation Growing Hostile Toward Drugs and Homelessness, Los Angeles Tries Leniency
LOS ANGELES — Inside a bright new building in the heart of Skid Row, homeless people hung out in a canopy-covered courtyard — some waiting to take a shower, do laundry, or get medication for addiction treatment. Others relaxed on shaded grass and charged their phones...
First malaria treatment for babies approved for use
The first malaria treatment suitable for babies and very young children has been approved for use.It's expected to be rolled out in African countries within weeks. Until now there have been no approved malaria drugs specifically for babies.Instead they have been...
Jessie J reveals cancer operation success
Singer Jessie J says results from tests following surgery to remove one of her breasts after an early cancer diagnosis show no spread of the disease.In a social media post she wrote that she was crying "happy tears" after receiving the news.In June she revealed her...
Ketamine helped me escape my negative thoughts – then it nearly killed me
7 hours agoShareSaveRuth CleggHealth and wellbeing reporter, BBC NewsShareSaveAbbieAbbie was 16 years old when she started using ketamine. It was the first time she had felt in control.The negative thoughts that had swamped her mind since a young age began to...
The sale of illegal cigarettes signals a deeper problem with UK high streets
9 hours agoShareSavePatrick Clahane and Rebecca WearnBBC NewsShareSaveBBCIt's pitch black and we're crawling along a secret underground tunnel beneath a high street in Hull. We pass rotting beams propped up precariously by stacked breeze blocks. A rusty car jack is...
States Brace for Reversal of Obamacare Coverage Gains Under Trump’s Budget Bill
Shorter enrollment periods. More paperwork. Higher premiums. The sweeping tax and spending bill pushed by President Donald Trump includes provisions that would not only reshape people’s experience with the Affordable Care Act but, according to some policy analysts,...
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Trump’s Bill Reaches the Finish Line
The Host Early Thursday afternoon, the House approved a budget reconciliation bill that not only would make permanent many of President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, but also impose deep cuts to Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, and, indirectly, Medicare. Meanwhile,...
Seven ways Starmer’s plan could change the NHS
34 minutes agoShareSaveJim ReedHealth ReporterShareSavePA MediaSir Keir Starmer has set out his 10-year-plan to reform the NHS in England, based on a shift from hospitals to neighbourhood health hubs, a new focus on prevention and better use of technology.He said the...
To Keep Medicaid, Mom Caring for Disabled Adult Son Faces Prospect of Proving She Works
Four years before Kimberly Gallagher enrolled in Medicaid herself, the public health insurance program’s rules prompted her to make an excruciating choice — to give up guardianship of her son so she could work as his caregiver. Now, another proposed twist in the rules...