What Physicians Need to Know about Treating Addicts
Not all people experience the harsh judgement that recovering addicts undertake every time they walk into a room, especially when that room contains the one person that knows every detail of their medical history. Despite their extensive knowledge of disorders like addiction, many patients notice that physicians are quite crude when it comes to treating individuals with substance abuse disorders. Some believe this bias is acceptable,...
Physicians are Standing Up for Biosimilar Drugs
Keeping up with everything going on in the healthcare industry is no easy feat, so it’s not extraordinary to wake up and realize that there’s a new medical trend that took the world by storm overnight. Despite the fact that it seems like these trends pop up out of no where, most have been in the making for years, or even decades! One trend that has been buzzing around the past decade is the use of biosimilar medications....
Novartis and Big Pharma: Why Fines Aren’t Enough
If you’ve been following the pharmaceutical industry over the past decade, you must be familiar with all the settlements taking place. It seems that “big pharma” needs stronger enforcement to deter them from breaking the law and defrauding federal and state health programs. It seems that for pharmaceutical companies, breaking the law has just become a cost of doing business that American consumers and taxpayers are footing the bill...
This Just In—Alarming News About Zika
If birth defects from a mosquito bite weren’t enough to make your skin crawl, there are now findings that suggest the linking of a brain disorder among older adults that are infected with the zika virus. A new study shows that the Zika virus may provoke an attack on the central nervous system. This only adds to the growing list of neurological complications associated with the Zika virus. Public health officials are concerned about...
Virtual Physician Visits: Are They What We Thought?
Over the last few years, virtual physician care has been on the rise with the commercial virtual visit companies boasting millions in their user bases, and more and more insurance providers accepting this mode of care. This type of doctor visit is very appealing to patients because people are simply busy. Many have trouble getting an appointment with their doctor the same or next day, and they have to visit emergency clinics when they...