A new report from the American Heart Association (AHA) strongly links adverse pregnancy outcomes with a woman’s risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Loren Bonner
The opioid epidemic continues to evolve. In addition to seeing more overdose cases attributed to fentanyl, officials in some U.S. states have noticed a significant uptick in a new, dangerous street drug detected in fatal overdose cases.
If you are wondering what health care disparities might look like in medication use for chronic diseases, a new study published in JAMA Network Open can serve as just one example.
In early April, the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) published three independent case series of 39 patients who developed a newly described syndrome characterized by thrombosis and thrombocytopenia soon after they were vaccinated with AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine (which is not available in the United States).
On May 27, FDA expanded the indication for rimegepant (Nurtec ODT—Biohaven) to include preventive treatment in adults with episodic migraine, defined as fewer than 15 headache days per month.
Cara Aldridge Young