An experimental Alzheimer’s drug modestly slowed the brain disease’s inevitable worsening, researchers reported Tuesday—but it remains unclear whether that will have an impact on people’s lives.
Dr. Caitlin Bernard testified during the second day of a court hearing on an attempt to block Indiana’s Republican attorney general from seeking patient medical records.
A 2020 Indiana Department of Health report on the emotional, health and economic costs of perinatal care for infants shortly after birth, said the financial costs for premature births in Indiana are estimated to be between $655-678 million annually.
Lawyers for an Indianapolis doctor who provided an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio told a judge Friday that Indiana’s attorney general should not be allowed to access patient medical records for an investigation into undisclosed complaints.
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While they scramble to fill positions, some pharmacies are cutting their hours or closing locations. That means patients are waiting longer to get their prescriptions filled.
The American Cancer Society is emphasizing the need to discuss an increase to the state’s cigarette tax, which at 99 cents per pack is the 39th-lowest tax rate in the country.
The high demand for therapy is the latest sign of and ongoing U.S. mental health crisis exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. Though millions of Americans have returned to normal life, many people feel far from normal.
Researchers estimated that between 18 and 29 percent of young people worldwide were regularly exposing themselves to excessively loud noises on headphones, and they estimated just under half were being exposed to unsafe levels in loud venues.
The retail giant said Tuesday it will launch “Amazon Clinic” in 32 states—but not Indiana—to provide medication refills and care for conditions like allergies, erectile disfunction, hair loss, migraines and urinary tract infections.
To tamp down on the growing number of opioid overdose deaths, Indiana stakeholders hope to explore ways to intervene earlier by analyzing “touchpoints” between Hoosiers and health care or criminal justice systems.
Gantenerumab’s demise is a boost for Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Biogen, which are also developing treatments for Alzheimer’s, said Tim Anderson, an analyst at Wolfe Research. Lilly shares were up 1.8% at midday.
With the addition of Maryland and Missouri, 21 states have legalized recreational marijuana for adults over the past decade—even though it remains illegal under federal law.
The funding amount is one of the largest in recent years for an Indiana-based science startup.
The test is the first over-the-counter test distributed in the U.S. by Roche Diagnostics, which has its North American headquarters in Indianapolis.
The Tuesday ballot measures came months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and the constitutional right to abortion it guaranteed to women nationwide.
Pfizer said people 55 and older who got the omicron-targeting booster had four-fold higher antibody levels than those given an extra dose of the original vaccine.
The previous guidance succeeded in reducing inappropriate and dangerous prescribing, some experts say. But they also were seen as a barrier to care, with some pharmacists refusing to fill prescriptions as doctors wrote them.
Caitlin Bernard, the OB-GYN targeted by Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita after she performed an abortion on a 10-year-old Ohio rape victim, has filed a lawsuit seeking to block the “baseless investigation” into physicians who provide abortion care.
The supply strain comes as doctors brace not only for the RSV surge to continue but also for the spread of flu and COVID-19 to ramp up.
