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Fierce Healthcare

Google unveiled its latest health updates at its annual The Check Up event in Manhattan on Tuesday, including expanded support for medical records in its Health Connect service and open models to improve the efficiency of AI-powered drug discovery.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Bavarian Nordic’s mpox shot, a crackdown on Ozempic prescribing and more

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We plan to catch up on sundry tasks, promenade with the official mascots and escort Mrs. Pharmalot to an event or two. Elevance Health’s Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield requested money from health-care providers and alleged they falsified patient medical records in ways that led the insurer to cover the medications.

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Data privacy concerns don’t hinder digital health app usage

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With the HLTH 2022 event now well underway, digital health industry leaders all gathered together to attend in Las Vegas this week, the juli survey results reveal consumer responses to be more varied than one would have expected when it comes to data privacy.

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Beta-blocker use linked to higher CVD risk in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

Included patients were adults aged over 18 who had a diagnosis of OSA in their medical records. The outcomes of interest were all-cause mortality or a diagnosis of CVD, defined as a composite event of angina, myocardial infarction, stroke/transient ischaemic attack, heart failure or atrial fibrillation.

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The hospital pharmacy landscape in 2024

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

Pharmacists are increasingly playing an integral role in understanding and interpreting genetic data and in collaboration with other healthcare providers, we are armed to tailor drug therapy to maximise efficacies and minimise adverse events.

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How to get insurance to cover Ozempic for weight loss

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It’s also approved to reduce the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in adults with Type 2 diabetes mellitus and established cardiovascular disease. Managing blood sugar and reducing the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in people with Type 2 diabetes are the only FDA-approved uses for Ozempic.

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Semaglutide use in weight loss associated with gastrointestinal problems

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

In an analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical Association , use of semaglutide and liraglutide for weight loss was associated with an increased risk of pancreatitis, bowel obstruction and gastroparesis, compared with patients taking other weight-loss drug bupropion-naltrexone.