A Gallup survey funded by West Health finds that Americans borrowed $88 billion to pay for health care last year
Author: Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY
Challenge to Obamacare could leave 20 million people without health insurance
If GOP states’ court challenge to eliminate the Affordable Care Act succeeds, nearly 20 million Americans could lose health insurance.
Struggling to stay alive: Rising insulin prices cause diabetics to go to extremes
The escalating cost of insulin has desperate diabetics rationing medication, acquiring the drug from friends or getting it from Canada or Mexico.
Marijuana as a cure for opioid use? Nation’s top drug scientist says she’s skeptical
Her biggest concern about using marijuana for opioid-use disorder? “Ifyou don’t treat it properly, your risk of dying is quite high.”
FDA approves new valsartan generic to counter shortages of the blood pressure drug
The FDA approved a new generic version of valsartan to address the drug’s shortage.
Was Luke Perry too young to have a fatal stroke? Not really
The risk of stroke increases with age.But it can be particularly dangerous for adults in middle age (like actor Luke Perry, who was 52) and younger.
Big Pharma CEOs tell senators they won’t reduce drug costs without other reforms
Big Pharma CEOs agreed drugs should be more affordable for Americans.Buttheywere reluctant topromise tocut prices without other reforms.
House committee wants answers on why blood pressure drugs made abroad contained carcinogens
House Committee wants answers from the FDA on a series of blood pressure medication recalls
A ‘one-off opportunity:’ Drug company hikes price of blood pressure drugs after competitors’ drugs recalled
An India-based pharmaceutical company tripled the price of its valsartan after competitors were forced to take theirs off the market.
FDA: Another blood pressure drug, irbesartan, recalled over cancer-causing impurity
Eight lots of the blood pressure-lowering drugs irbesartan and irbesartan HCTZ are recalled after testing reveals a carcinogen