Treatment for Patients with Parkinson’s Disease
Daily life can be difficult for people with Parkinson’s, a relentlessly progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects both movement and cognition.
Selecting Insurance Plans for Your Organization: 5 Strategies to Support Employee Health
Healthy employees make for a healthy organization. As you explore health insurance options for your employees, consider these five tips.
Biologics & Biosimilars in Rheumatology
Biologic drugs, including biosimilars, are increasing the number of effective treatments for rheumatic diseases. Biologics are derived from living organisms, such as microorganisms or human tissue. And the number of these drugs available to patients has increased exponentially in recent decades. Today, biologics are used to treat a range of conditions, including chronic illnesses such […]
Biomarker Testing: Allowing Individualized Treatment for Cancer Patients
Biomarkers are predictive markers in genetic material that can indicate which medications might work for a given patient. For cancer patients, biomarker testing is an important first step toward tailored treatment.
Mental Health Care & Non-Medical Switching
Non-medical switching is a complicated obstacle for mental health care providers and their patients to overcome.
Genetic Testing & Counseling for Rare Hereditary Diseases
Genetic testing and counseling are useful tools for patients with rare diseases. Sophisticated genetic tests available in clinical settings now offer health care providers a closer look into patients’ genes. The information there may allow them to diagnose a hereditary condition, assess a patient’s risk for a particular disease or determine whether a certain drug […]
Biosimilars: Expanding Options for Cancer Care
Biosimilars are increasing the number of safe, effective treatments for cancer.
A Path to Hepatitis C Elimination for Policymakers
For more than half a century, hepatitis C has damaged peoples’ livers and wreaked havoc on their health. Now curative treatments offer hope for eliminating this widespread infectious disease, which affects nearly 3 million Americans. Read Paper
Precision Medicine: Redefining Care for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Precision medicine allows patients to receive treatment based on their personal, genetic makeup. It is commonly associated with oncology, where therapies can address patients’ genetic biomarkers rather than just the location of their tumor. This personalized approach has already improved cancer care. Now, it has the potential to change how other diseases are treated too. […]
In Conversation: A Physician Discusses COVID-19 & Rare Disease
Cardiologist Dinesh Kalra, MD, discusses COVID-19 and rare disease in this interview with the Alliance for Patient Access. Read Interview
