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US to negotiate on prices for a number of prescription drugs; The latest health stories from around the world

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced its first list of 10 prescription drugs whose prices will be open for negotiation in 2023 and 2024. Any settled price will become effective in 2026. The HHS will be working through the Centres for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the provisions of …

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Prototype point-of-care test for detecting HPV offers hope for cervical cancer detection; The latest health stories from around the world

DNA-based screening methods for high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) have proven to be highly effective for early cervical cancer detection but remain too expensive and difficult to use in resource-limited settings. Kundrod et al. have developed a prototype point-of-care test for detecting HPV16 and HPV18. https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.add3434?et_rid=785235729&utm_campaign=SCIeToc&af=R&et_cid=4784075&utm_medium=email&utm_content=alert&utm_source=sfmc This test uses isothermal DNA amplification and lateral flow detection …

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Diabetes drug may reduce risk of long COVID; The latest health stories from around the world

  The risk was 41% lower for the metformin group than for a comparison group receiving a placebo. The study presents the first evidence from a randomized clinical trial that a medication taken by patients who have acute symptoms such as cough and fever can reduce the risk of Long Covid, an ill-defined, chronic condition …

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Biden to appoint Mandy Cohen as Director of the CDC; The latest health stories from around the world

Public health advocates are applauding the news that President Joe Biden intends to name Mandy Cohen, a physician and public health expert with broad government experience, to lead the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.adj1029?et_rid=785235729&utm_campaign=SCIeToc&af=R&et_cid=4766136&utm_medium=email&utm_content=alert&utm_source=sfmc Biden will appoint Cohen by the end of the month to replace current CDC Director Rochelle Walensky …

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One death every two seconds due to NCDs says WHO

Every two seconds, a person under the age of seventy dies of a noncommunicable disease (NCD) according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report: “Invisible numbers – the true scale of non-communicable diseases”. The report analysed pre-COVID-19 data from 2019 and found that seventeen million deaths resulting from NCDs occurred across the globe, with …

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The UK becomes the first country to approve a dual-strain COVID-19 booster; The latest health stories from around the world

Last week the United Kingdom became the first country to approve an updated COVID-19 booster directed at two different strains of the coronavirus. The “bivalent” booster, made by Moderna, will have the same dose of messenger RNA as the company’s prior boosters but will target both the original version of the coronavirus and the first …

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Genetic link to cardiomyopathy uncovered

A recent study published in Science Advances has identified a genetic link between diabetes and cardiomyopathy in South Asians. The research was led by Dhandapany Perundurai, investigator at the Centre for Cardiovascular Biology and Disease (CCBD) at Bengaluru’s Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (DBT-inStem). As part of the study, 2,552 cardiomyopathy patients …

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Loss of green space in India shown to be associated with higher cardiometabolic risk

Loss of green space due to urban development may be associated with an increase in several cardiometabolic risk factors, according to a study conducted by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal).  The study investigated the association between land-use changes in a periurban area south of Telangana state capital Hyderabad where urbanisation – involving the …

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Bayer partners with Arogya Finance to provide Eylea Easy Pay Program in India

Bayer partners with Arogya Finance to introduce the Eylea Easy Pay Program in India, with an aim to improve patient adherence and increase access to the innovative treatment solution Eylea. The program will be available in eye hospitals across the country. Eylea, or Aflibercept solution, is indicated for the treatment of Diabetic Macular Edema (DME) …

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India’s diabetes crisis continues to mount

India’s diabetes crisis continues to mount. Uncontrolled diabetes, in particular, is a major concern. As reported by The National Herald, “several medical studies have shown that India has fast become the diabetes capital of the world with a large percentage of patients suffering from uncontrolled diabetes.” The report notes how the COVID-19 pandemic has become …

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