(Reuters Health)—More aggressive malpractice climates don’t necessarily protect patients from surgical complications, a new study suggests. Supporters of medical malpractice laws that make it easier for patients to sue doctors say these protections are necessary to improve care. But in the current study, the risk of litigation didn’t translate into better outcomes, said study leader…
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U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Dispute Over Biologic Drug Sales
NEW YORK (Reuters)—The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a dispute over whether companies that make copycat versions of biologic drugs must wait six months after winning federal approval to begin selling them. The justices will take up an appeal by Novartis AG of a 2015 federal appeals court decision that prevented the…
Guselkumab Improves Active Psoriatic Arthritis
A study showed that guselkumab may decrease symptoms of psoriatic arthritis and improve quality of life in adult patients…
U.S. Senate to Act on Obamacare Repeal, McConnell Says
WASHINGTON (Reuters)—The U.S. Senate will take its first steps toward repealing President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare reform act by the end of the week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Sunday. Speaking on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” McConnell said: “There ought not to be a great gap” between repealing the act and replacing…
Clinicians May Have Inaccurate Views of Benefits, Harms of Treatments & Tests
NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Clinicians’ expectations of the benefits and harms of a wide range of treatments and tests are rarely accurate, according to a new study. “There was variation—with benefits and harms sometimes being overestimated and sometimes being underestimated; but there was a tendency for clinicians to more often underestimate (rather than overestimate) harms and…
Does Telephone Coaching Enhance Physical Activity Programs?
Health coaching by telephone is increasingly being used to assist in chronic disease self-management. A recent study examined the benefits of simultaneous health coaching via telephone as an addition to a physiotherapist-prescribed home-based physical activity program for patients with knee OA. Although participants receiving additional coaching had a short-term improvement in adherence, changes in pain and function did not differ between the study’s groups at six months…
New Test Yields Rapid Infliximab Drug Concentrations
NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—A new test provides rapid infliximab drug concentrations that enable immediate dosing adjustments, researchers from Belgium report. “With this rapid test, our biggest wish is to persuade physicians to now perform and use infliximab measurements also in their own daily clinical practice, as many practical and organizational issues that went along with…
U.S. Democrats Seek Trump’s Cooperation on Drug Price Reform
NEW YORK (Reuters)—A group of Democratic senators took their plans to tackle rising drug costs to President-Elect Donald Trump on Tuesday, asking him to work with them and Republicans on the issue. In a letter dated Tuesday, the 19 senators named five areas for cooperation: allowing the Medicare program to negotiate prescription prices, increasing transparency,…
McConnell Will Not Give Timeline for Obamacare Replacement
WASHINGTON (Reuters)—U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says the Senate will move to repeal President Barack Obama’s healthcare law shortly after Jan. 1, but declined to give a timeline for a plan to replace it. McConnell says the Senate would vote as soon as it returns from its year-end recess to repeal Obamacare. “And…
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Biologic Drug Patent Fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters)—The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case over whether companies that make copycat versions of biologic drugs must wait six months after winning federal approval before bringing them to the market. The justices opted not to take up Apotex Inc.’s appeal of a July federal appeals court ruling that could…
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