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Why doesn’t the U.S. have more Black midwives?

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Universities have also expanded their course offerings, with the number of new students enrolled in accredited midwifery programs growing from 1,006 students in 2014 to 1,214 in 2018 , according to the latest data available. more than doubled from 1991 and 2012 and has continued to grow steadily in the years since. Read the rest…

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What the 2014 Ebola outbreak taught this biotech CEO about persuasion

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A former WHO epidemiologist is applying lessons learned during the Ebola epidemic to her work leading a company at the forefront of women’s health: the reproductive microbiome.

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STAT+: New NIH head says government has fallen behind pharma on clinical trials

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Industry-sponsored trials increased 43% from 2006 to 2014, while newly registered NIH-funded trials decreased 24% over the same period. ” A Johns Hopkins University study published in 2015 showed that the pharmaceutical industry funds six times more clinical trials than the government. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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STAT+: For Parkinson’s disease, advances spurred by Apple Watch offer a glimmer of hope

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Since the Apple Watch was unveiled in 2014, it has been trumpeted not only as a high tech fashion accessory, but also as a way for people to track their own health and fitness. It has evolved as a popular cardio tool for such uses as heart rate monitoring, recording your ECG, and measuring the oxygen saturation of your blood.

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STAT+: GSK is replacing its popular Flovent inhaler with authorized generics, raising cost concerns for asthma patients

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The timing of the change is telling: Flovent’s price rose nearly 50% since 2014, according to GoodRx , leaving the drug vulnerable to the new Medicaid penalties going into effect as of this year for medications with price increases that outpace inflation. Prasco, a U.S.

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STAT+: Oncologists more likely to provide low-value care after receiving pharma money, study finds

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The researchers examined Medicare beneficiaries who were diagnosed with cancer and received treatment from 2014 through 2019. Overall, the proportion of patients who were prescribed so-called low-value drugs was higher when their oncologist accepted industry payments, according to the study, published in the BMJ.

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STAT+: A novel spinal cord stimulator treats paralysis without surgery. FDA will rule on it soon

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After his spinal cord injury in 2014, Sherown Campbell worked hard to regain as much bodily function as he could. Once a dedicated athlete, Campbell had to learn the new limits of his body. One of them, jarringly, was his body’s inability to sweat.

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