Addiction Drug Scripts Not Compiled Northern New Mexico – Source New Mexico

Addiction Drug Scripts Not Compiled Northern New Mexico - Source New Mexico

ESPAOLA Ronnie Flores feels more comfortable on the street talking to people who use drugs than people in the hospital who are being treated for substance use disorder. As a Peer Support Specialist at Presbyterian Espaola Hospital, Flores helps individuals suffering from substance use disorders related to opioids, stimulants and alcohol. Flores, who was born … Read more

Kava plant used for centuries in traditional medicine now being studied for the treatment of PTSD

Kava plant used for centuries in traditional medicine now being studied for the treatment of PTSD

Kava Ceremony in Samoa – University of California Digital Libraries In New Zealand, Pacific Island scientists just received a large grant to conduct an experimental study on the use of traditional kava preparation and the kava ceremony to treat PTSD. Believing it could help treat PTSD and other trauma in soldiers and veterans, police officers … Read more

Rapamycin and its role in aging

Rapamycin and its role in aging

Recent research indicates that rapamycin is the only drug that consistently improves mammalian longevity. Until 2009, researchers believed that aging was simply not curable, or if it was, only growth factors would be able to impact the seemingly inexorable process. Two scientific approaches were available that could delay age-related restrictions of diet and/or growth factors … Read more

US welcomes Idacio and Hulio to Adalimumab biosimilars market

US welcomes Idacio and Hulio to Adalimumab biosimilars market

The US biosimilars market gains 2 more adalimumab products: Idacio by Fresenius Kabi (adalimumab-aacf) and Hulio by Biocon Biologic (adalimumab-fkjp). Both Idacio and Hulio refer to Humira (adalimumab), one of the most profitable drugs in the world. Throughout July 2023, 8 biosimilars of adalimumab are planned to be launched in the United States. The launches … Read more

From the heart: A retired music professor and cardiologist are bringing joy to Edward Hospital

Philip Spencer and David Kim bring their love of music to the Edward Hospital lobby.  Spencer plays every Tuesday and Thursday, and Kim comes by most Thursday mornings, his time permitting.

Don’t be surprised if the next time you’re at Edward Hospital you hear a jazz tune coming from the heart hospital management. NaperVoice founding director Philip Spencer spends Tuesdays and Thursdays tickling the ivories of a grand piano tucked away in the atrium. Sometimes, David Kim, a cardiologist at Naperville hospital, stops by to sing … Read more

Patients squeezed into the fight over who gets to bill expensive infusion drugs

A photo of Paula Bruton Shepard receiving an infusion in a hospital.

Health insurers and medical providers are fighting over who should provide high-cost infusion drugs for patients, with the fight over profits now spilling into state homes across the country. The problem is that some insurers are bypassing hospital pharmacies and doctor’s offices and instead shipping more complex drugs through third-party pharmacies. Those pharmacies then ship … Read more

Higher doses of semaglutide aid weight loss in Indians too: Lancet study

Semaglutide for diabetes and weight loss: FIT speaks to study researchers to learn more. Published: July 05, 2023, 7:00 am IST Semaglutide for weight loss: Lancet study researcher talks to FIT |) Semaglutide for weight loss: Lancet study researcher talks to FIT ” src=”https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2023-07%2F2dc4391c-721d-4e54-b426-386cf3b1c1a9%2Fdiabetes_hero2.jpg” srcset=”https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2023 -07%2F2dc4391c-721d-4e54-b426-386cf3b1c1a9%2Fdiabetes_hero2.jpg?w=480 480w, https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2023-07%2F2dc4391c-721d-4e54-b426-386cf3b 1c1a9%2Fdiabetes_hero2. jpg?w=960 960w, https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2023-07%2F2dc4391c-721d-4e54-b426-386cf3b1c1a9%2Fdiabetes_hero2.jpg?w=1200 1200w, https://images.thequint. com/thequint%2F2023-07%2F2dc4391c-721d-4e54-b426-386cf3b1c1a9%2Fdiabetes_hero2.jpg?w=2048 … Read more