Last year we wrote about the drug maker Actavis trying to squeeze out competition from generic manufacturers by modestly changing its Alzheimer drug, charging more for it and prolonging its exclusive right to sell it. The company was sued, and last month, a federals appeals court smacked it down in a ruling for the People….
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Doctors Fail to Explain Risks of Angioplasty
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a procedure to expand arteries and improve blood flow to the heart. Commonly known as angioplasty, it’s performed on more than 1 million people a year in the U.S. According to a new report in JAMA Internal Medicine, a lot of them are receiving insufficient information from their doctors about….
Continue ReadingMore Bad News for People Who Take Statins
When the guidelines for taking statins were changed last year, it made lots of noise. The revision for the drugs, which are prescribed to control blood cholesterol and prevent heart disease, classified millions more people as candidates for daily use. The new recommendation, by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology, ignored….
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