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Opinion: Methadone treatment has been reformed for the better. States shouldn’t go back to the old ways

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Until recently, most people had to visit a methadone clinic in person for an initial exam and then come in five to six days a week to take their doses under the watchful eye of a health care professional. But they made it hard for people to get the treatment they need. Transportation was also a problem for many.

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STAT+: Amazon’s chief medical officers on where the company’s health care bets are headed next

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The graveyard is littered with Amazon’s bets in health care: wearables , Care , the ill-fated Haven. ” STAT spoke to four of Amazon’s chief medical officers about the company’s recent plays and how they fit into the company’s health care goals. billion.

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STAT+: Generative AI Tracker: A guide to the health systems and companies driving adoption

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Health care leaders and technology companies are investing heavily in large language models, a powerful class of deep learning models that are trained on vast troves of data. But while enthusiasm for generative AI is high and research is booming, it’s just starting to gain a toehold in clinical settings.

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SAEM Clinical Images Series: Seeing Double

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She initially presented to urgent care with a chief complaint of chest heaviness and concern that her blood pressure was too high, but was sent to the emergency department for further cardiac and neurological evaluation after her urgent care provider noticed abnormal eye movement. Physical Exam Vitals : Temp 36.7°C;

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA approves BioMarin gene therapy for hemophilia A; former Pfizer worker charged with insider trading

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 The treatment, called Roctavian, is a one-time therapy that, in clinical trials, dramatically reduced bleeding episodes and helped patients live without the blood transfusions used to treat the disease. list price is $2.9 million, or $1.9 million after customary insurer discounts. The company will pay $1.75

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From Fear to Passion: Embracing the Unexpected Journey into Pediatric Pharmacy with Dr. Stephen Small!

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Dr. Small is a pediatric clinical pharmacist specialist but if you had asked him years earlier, he would not have thought that he would end up working with children, “Pediatrics was actually the only specialty I intentionally avoided in pharmacy school due to my fear that I would make a medication error and harm a child.”

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FDA approves Formosa-AimMax’s post-surgery eye care treatment

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This marks a significant advancement in ophthalmic care, introducing the first FDA-approved ophthalmic formulation of clobetasol propionate, a corticosteroid and the first new steroid in the ophthalmic market in over one and half decades.

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