January 28, 2021
U.S. Drug Prices 256 Percent Higher Than in 32 OECD Countries
THURSDAY, Jan. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — In 2018, prices for drugs in the United States were 256 percent higher than those in 32 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) comparison countries, according to a report published online Jan. 28 by the RAND Corporation. Andrew W. Mulcahy, Ph.D., from the RAND Corporation in Santa...
Biden Signs Orders to Expand Health Care Access
THURSDAY, Jan. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday signed an executive order to reopen enrollment in Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplaces and also signed other health-related orders. Those orders include protecting reproductive rights, expanding access to abortion, and overturning the Trump administration’s restrictions on the use of taxpayer dollars...
Plant-Based Diet Adherence Tied to Lower Type 2 Diabetes Risk
THURSDAY, Jan. 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Adherence to plant-based diets is associated with a lower risk for type 2 diabetes, according to a study published online Jan. 13 in Diabetes Care. Zhangling Chen, from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, and colleagues used data from the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS...