FDA Rejects MDMA-Assisted Therapy for PTSD Treatment – A Drug Researcher Explains the Challenges Psychedelics Face
The FDA is wary of approving club drugs like MDMA and psychedelics for medial purposes.
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Democrats’ VP Choice Tim Walz Has a History of Working on the Side of Monied Interests Against Workers
Walz’s folksy persona helps mask standard neoliberal positions, and Minnesota workers paid the price.
Read more...Urgent Care or ER? With ‘One-Stop Shop,’ Hospitals Offer Both Under Same Roof
Hospitals in several states are partnering with a private equity-backed company to offer combined emergency and urgent care in a single building. But patients may not realize prices vary between the two services — often by a lot.
Read more...To Win ‘Medicare for All,’ First Reclaim Medicare From Profiteers
Building on the promise of Medicare means taking on the private-sector enriching, skimpy “Medicare Advantage” program
Read more...Looking for Long Covid: A Clash of Definition and Study Design
Influential studies from the VA St. Louis take a broad view of long Covid. Not every expert agrees with the approach.
Read more...Suicide Squad: U.S. Troops Are Losing a War with Their Deadliest Enemy
Suicide is the leading cause of death for active duty and recently soldiers. The most likely contributor is not what you might suspect.
Read more...Pitchbook Report Attempting to Defend Private Equity Role in Healthcare Suffers from Fundamental, Fatal Analytical Flaw
A recent report from Pitchbook commits data crimes in attempting to depict private equity management of healthcare companies as benign.
Read more...Crying Wolf: Why Negotiating Lower Drug Prices Will Not Harm Pharmaceutical Innovation
More evidence that US drug price curbs are unlikely to be harming pharmaceutical innovation
Read more...A California Medical Group Treats Only Homeless Patients — And Makes Money Doing It
An initiative in the Southwestern US demonstrates that health care for the homeless can be financially viable.
Read more...Expert: Why Covid and Future Pandemics Are a Bigger Threat than Nukes
Persistent political and public health failures expose us to pandemics, while vastly underestimating their long-term health effects.
Read more...How Big Pharma Preys on Poor Countries – and Patients Pay the Price
New investigation reveals unequal access to life-saving meds across Europe thanks to Big Pharma system that favors the rich
Read more...Updates: Concept Anchoring in Biomedical Science and Its Resolution
How concept anchoring creates attachment to and supports funding for not-so-hot ideas, such as in Alzheimer’s research.
Read more...Investments in Hospital Infrastructure Reduced Mortality in the US South
The cost-effective investments in healthcare infrastructure disproportionately benefited historically marginalised groups, had long-run benefits, and complemented, rather than substituted, medical innovation.
Read more...States Set Minimum Staffing Levels for Nursing Homes. Residents Suffer When Rules Are Ignored or Waived.
How a Biden administration initiative to improve nursing homes’ staffing is floundering due to lax enforcement.
Read more...Climate Change Is Coming for Hospitals
Many hospitals will have their operations interrupted and/or degraded by climate change. What to do?
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