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GLP-1 Spending Hit $5.8 Billion in 2022 for U.S. Adults Without Diabetes

Med Page Today

adults without diabetes using GLP-1 receptor agonists more than tripled from 2018 to 2022, boosting annual spending from $1.6 (MedPage Today) -- The number of U.S. billion to $5.8 billion, survey data showed. Based on an unweighted sample of nearly.

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Perioperative Mortality Risk After Living Kidney Donation Significantly Declined in 2013-2022

HCPLive

Findings from a recent national registry study suggest perioperative mortality after living kidney donation significantly declined in 2013-2022 compared with 1993-2002 and 2003-2012.

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Prescription Trends Between 2019 and 2022 Show the Rise of Telehealth

HCPLive

A recent study saw prescription fills for stimulants, and antidepressants increased from 2019 to 2022 but decreased for opioids.

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Clinical Quiz: 2022 ACR Vaccine Recommendations for People With Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Disease

HCPLive

This clinical quiz, our first in a series of 3, focuses on recommendations for specific vaccines from the 2022 ACR vaccination guidelines.

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Medicare Unveils First 10 Negotiated Drug Prices

Med Page Today

The price negotiation program was passed in 2022 as part. (MedPage Today) -- Sitagliptin (Januvia) saw the greatest drop in price among the list of 10 drugs whose new prices were announced Thursday under Medicare's drug price negotiation program.

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Cardiovascular outcomes in long COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Systematic search conducted without language restrictions from December 1, 2019 to June 31, 2022 on PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, Cochrane library, ProQuest Coronavirus Research Database, COVID-19 Living Overview of the Evidence (L-OVE) subset of Episteminokos and the World Health Organization (WHO) Covid-19 databases.

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Study offers ‘compelling evidence’ for continuous stroke care improvement

American Heart News - Stroke News

Research Highlights: A retrospective look at Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke registry data from 2003 to 2022 finds substantial and sustained improvements in acute stroke care among those in the quality improvement program. Researchers found.

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