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American Diabetes Association, June 20-23

Physician's Weekly

The annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association was held this year from June 20 to 23 in Chicago, drawing more than 15,000 participants, including clinicians, academicians, allied health professionals, and others interested in diabetes. ” The study was funded by MannKind, the manufacturer of Afrezza. .

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Urinary Incontinence Revisited: George Kuchel & Alison Huang

GeriPal

Incontinence and avoiding issues can present in an older individual, in some cases, just like they do a younger person. But then there is incontinence, which is the same term, same word, but actually presents as a geriatric syndrome. Most of the trials that have been conducted are conducted by the manufacturers of those medications.

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Patient Groups Sue HHS, CMS for 2020 Rule Allowing the Use of Copay Accumulator Programs

FDA Law

Recognizing the problems that high prescription drug costs pose to patient access to medications, many drug manufacturers have created copay assistance programs to help patients afford the copays and deductibles for their medications. These prohibitions are often referred to as copay accumulator adjustment programs.

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‘MAHA Report’ Calls for Fighting Chronic Disease, but Trump and Kennedy Have Yanked Funding

Physician's Weekly

That’s one of many disconnects between what the administration says about health — notably, in the “ MAHA Report ” that President Donald Trump recently presented at the White House — and what it’s actually doing, scientists and public health advocates say.