January 6, 2021
Drug Makers Raise Prices on 500 Prescription Drugs
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — With the new year comes another round of prescription drug price hikes, CBS News reported Tuesday. The data come from 46brooklyn Research, a nonprofit company that aims to improve access to drug pricing information. AbbVie, Bristol Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, and other major pharmaceutical companies are raising their...
Postpartum Trajectory Differs by Race After Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — There are significant racial differences in postpartum blood pressure trajectories in women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, according to a study published online Dec. 22 in JAMA Network Open. Alisse Hauspurg, M.D., from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and colleagues assessed the racial differences in blood...
eGFR Variability Linked to All-Cause Mortality Risk
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Among people with hypertension who are at high risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD), greater estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) variability is independently associated with all-cause mortality, according to a study published online Dec. 14 in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases. Rakesh Malhotra, M.D., M.P.H., from the University...