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Gender-affirming surgeries tripled in the U.S. between 2016-2019, study finds

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nearly tripled between 2016 and 2019, according to new national estimates from a cohort study in JAMA Network Open. The number of gender-affirming surgeries taking place in the U.S.

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More than 31,000 ARRS staff recruited since 2019

The Pharmacist

More than 31,000 staff – including pharmacists, mental health practitioners and social prescribers – have been recruited to work in general practice under the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) since 2019.

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Ambitious federal study failed to curb opioid deaths, NIH announces

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In 2019, amid an ever-worsening drug crisis, the federal government launched a research study with an ambitious goal: to lower opioid overdoses in participating communities by 40% using evidence-based interventions like distributing naloxone and providing access to addiction medications.

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STAT+: AI versus AI: The emerging arms race over health insurance denials

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The software engineer’s disillusionment began in 2019, when her insurer, UnitedHealthcare, balked at covering physical therapy after she was hit by a car and could not walk. Like many Americans, Holden Karau said she was fed up with health insurance.

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APAC leads in asthma clinical trials between 2019-2023: GlobalData

Express Pharma

According to GlobalData’s Clinical Trials Database, during 2019-23, 51.8 The post APAC leads in asthma clinical trials between 2019-2023: GlobalData appeared first on Express Pharma. per cent of asthma trials were initiated in the APAC region.

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STAT+: Former medical device CEO who sold dummy, plastic parts convicted of fraud

STAT

Laura Perryman led Stimwave, which sold nerve stimulation devices to combat pain, from 2010 to 2019. STAT published new details about the Stimwave story in May, after former employees described how Perryman broke into Stimwave’s Florida headquarters to steal back devices after her termination in 2019.

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Alcohol is driving a half-dozen types of cancer in the U.S., study finds

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Data was from 2019 in order to avoid the influence of the pandemic, when cancer diagnoses declined because of delayed care. The results were published in the American Cancer Society’s journal, CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.

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