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Quality of life in patients with chronic health conditions

World of DTC Marketing

Using 2018 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data, we provide estimates of the prevalence of single and multiple chronic conditions among US adults. Our healthcare system is designed to treat health conditions, not patients. Vicki Helgeson , a a psychologist at Carnegie Mellon University.

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UK agency pilots biobank to study links between genetics and drug side effects

Pharmaceutical Technology

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) aims to launch a pilot genetic biobank that will gather patient data to associate drug-related adverse events to their genetic makeup. Side effects due to drugs are responsible for one in every 16 hospital admissions in the UK, based on the announcement.

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The potential of virtual reality-based therapy for serious mental disorders

Pharmaceutical Technology

The FDA’s breakthrough device programme is for medical devices or device-led combination products that provide more effective treatment or diagnosis of diseases. The aim of the programme is to expedite the development, assessment and review of medical devices in order to provide timely access to patients and healthcare providers.

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Inside the European mass shift to data-driven health solutions

Pharmaceutical Technology

Israel, another leading adopter, has a thriving EHR technology industry that is adapting to the country’s widespread use of Big Data from its country’s healthcare systems. In some countries, EHR is deeply integrated into the entire healthcare system. intervention) was the “cause” of an effect. Adoption of EHR data systems.

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Almirall/Lilly lebrikizumab offers potential long-term management of atopic dermatitis

pharmaphorum

Minor side effects to long-term maintenance balance. Any clinical study seeks to achieve maximum results efficacy with minimal occurrence of side effects. However, side effects do happen. Regarding both common cold and headache, they are as well among the side effects reported for similar drugs.

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Developing the EU’s first intestinal microbiota-based biologic

European Pharmaceutical Review

Since 2018, biotech company Mikrobiomik has been researching, development and producing innovative biological medicines based on the human microbiome. The specific representation of these events differed between the treatments, highlighting potential differences in side effect profiles that should be explored in further studies.

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Cancer Patient-Support Program Uptake is Low: Here’s How to Change That

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Among polled patients who had never accessed a cancer-support program, education about cancer treatments and their side effects (33%), as well as information to help them better understand their cancer (32%) topped the list of resources they wished they had received. 24, 916–925 (2018). 43, 165–169 (2019). Stoerkel, E.