Thursday, January 11, 2024 — According to a study in the Jan. 11 issue of the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 12.8% of unique prescribers in Medicare Part D wrote prescriptions for topical antifungals in 2021. About 6.5 million prescriptions were filled, costing a total of $231 million.
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Underdiagnosed Tinea Capitis with Confirmatory Testing
July 12, 2023, Wednesday — A study letter in the July issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology says that confirmatory lab tests are only used in one out of every five cases of tinea capitis (TC).
Record Number of Americans Sign Up for the Affordable Care Act
THURSDAY, January 11, 2024 — The Biden administration said Wednesday that 20 million Americans have already signed up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, with just a few days left until the deadline.
A new immunisation schedule for adults was shown for 2024.
Thursday, January 11, 2024 — An updated immunisation plan for U.S. adults for 2024 is given in a clinical guideline that came out online on January 11 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
New antibiotic kills deadly superbug in early tests
Thursday, January 4, 2024 — A new type of drug has been shown to be effective against a superbug that can kill.
Living with a depressed loved one can be hard on your mind and your wallet.
Tuesday, January 2, 2024 — New study shows that people who live with a loved one who has depression are more likely to have less money, be unemployed, and have mental health problems.