Waiting for Insurance Approval Isn’t Child’s Play
The parents who bring their infants, toddlers or young children to my pediatric neurology office know that something is wrong.
Recognizing Migraine’s “Painful Truth”
This year’s World Brain Day, July 22, is aimed at raising awareness of the most common brain disease in the world: migraine.
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ICER’s Rare Disease Problem
What’s rarer than a rare disease? The controversial Institute for Clinical and Economic Review deciding that a drug to treat a rare disease meets the organization’s definition of value.
“Got Milk?” May Be a Life-or-Death Question for Preemies
Protecting premature infants from a deadly intestinal disease, new research suggests, may boil down to a surprising combination: milk and bacteria.
Gout Patients Grapple with Infusion Confusion
Being diagnosed with gout can spring a number of surprises on people.
Experts Align on Individualized Treatment for Pain
Two new publications make it clear: Patients in pain need access to integrative, comprehensive care.
Why Arthritis Patients Need Balanced Pain Management
Difficult trade-offs have plagued arthritis patients for long enough.
Mississippians Struggle for Medication Access, Again
Patients shouldn’t have to endure debilitating symptoms day after day when there is a medication that could help them.
Headache Experts Lament Growing Treatment Barriers
“Restrictive insurance policies keep patients from the very medications that can prevent and treat [headache and migraine disease],” asserts the inaugural position paper from the Alliance for Patient Access’ Headache and Migraine Disease Working Group. During the working group’s inaugural meeting, a common theme linked the clinicians’ experiences: Insurers’ rejection of prescribed treatments hurts patients. […]
