The nation’s largest mail-order pharmaceutical company, Express Scripts, has reported their plans to no longer continue to carry 64 formerly covered prescription drugs, due to a recent spike in cost. Some popular brands such as Pfizer’s Xeljanz, a pill...
For patients with gout, being married appears to increase urate-lowering therapy adherence, according to a study published by Xin Hui Jasmine Chua, Siriwan Lim, Fui Ping Lim, and Yee Nah Anita Lim, in the June 15 edition of Journal of Clinical Nursing, which in an...
Every year The European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR), which is an E.U.-based organization that represents the patient, healthcare professional and professional societies of rheumatology, holds the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology. This forum serves as a...
Multiple factors contribute to the decision not to take osteoporosis medications, with fear of adverse events topping the list, say researchers in a paper published online in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. In the study, researchers collected...
The ancient Indian practice of yoga has been gaining momentum in popular culture. Many young women (and men!) have been flocking to classes of all kinds — hatha yoga, aerial yoga, power yoga, hot yoga, etc. — to experience the ancient art of meditation and...
For those who have Raynaud’s disease, you’re very much aware that it’s not much of a disease at all, more so it’s just a nuisance. You may find that the blood vessels to your fingers and toes tend to overreact to certain situations by limiting blood flow. The...
