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Automated red blood cell exchange: bridging treatment gaps in sickle cell disease care

Drug Target Review

Dr Aaron Haubner, Senior Manager of North America Medical Affairs and Market Access at Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies , reveals that while promising new treatments emerge, urgent partnerships are needed to ensure this essential blood therapy reaches the patients who need it most.

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The Long Road to End Tuberculosis

Codon

In the 1924 novel, The Magic Mountain , Thomas Mann describes a sanatorium patient named Anton Ferge as he undergoes a painful tuberculosis (TB) treatment. Based on early successes in animal experiments, doctors tested the vaccine on an infant whose mother had died of TB shortly after giving birth. million people every year.

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Nurse Practitioners Key to Opioid Treatment in Rural U.S.: Study

The Pharma Data

26, 2020 — In isolated areas of the United States, nurse practitioners are filling an important role in helping people access treatment for opioid addiction, according to a Washington State University (WSU) study. Previously, the medication could only be prescribed by doctors. THURSDAY, Nov. ” © 2020 HealthDay.

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Nurses: The Unsung Heroes in Pharma and Biotech for Health Equity and Medication Adherence

H1 Blog

Healthcare providers are often the first line of defense in ensuring that people receive the medical treatment they need. But nurses are often overlooked as a solution to addressing health equity and medication adherence issues, especially as telehealth and virtual care become increasingly popular.

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Prescriber Attitudes, Beliefs, Stigma, and Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder

Common Sense for Drug Policy Blog

Prescriber Attitudes, Beliefs, Stigma, and Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder "A study in Canada found that personal beliefs of NPs often pose a barrier to providing treatment, for example, views such as patients with OUD deserve less care than other patients [ 12 ], this was also reported as a barrier in the study by Spetz and colleagues [ 31 ].

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Benefits of Participating in Clinical Trials

Olympian Clinical Research

Clinical trials are essential for advancing medical knowledge and developing new treatments that can improve patient care and outcomes. They are the primary way researchers discover whether new treatments, like drugs, diets, or medical devices, are safe and effective in humans.

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Knowing What to Expect May Help After Sexual Assault

The Pharma Data

But having supportive care at the emergency department and afterwards can help heal the trauma, Penn State doctors say. “It’s a very traumatic event,” said Debbie Medley, an assistant nurse manager in the emergency department at Penn State Health Medical Center. SATURDAY, Oct. © 2020 HealthDay.

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