Health Headlines for Wednesday, March 29
Those Indecipherable Medical Bills? They’re One Reason Health Care Costs So Much.
New York Times
The catastrophe struck Wanda Wickizer on Christmas Day 2013.
Costly Doctors Don’t Provide Better Care
New York Times
Doctors who tend to spend more in treating hospitalized patients do not get better results than those who spend less, a new study has found.
Report: Saratoga County is New York’s healthiest
Albany Times Union
Saratoga County is on the top of the list of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s annual County Health Rankings for New York state.
Study finds New York worst state for doctors
Watertown Daily Times
A recently released report calls New York the worst state to be a doctor in the U.S.
FDA approves Regeneron, Sanofi $37,000 per year eczema drug
Reuters
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc and Sanofi SA’s drug for moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis, a product widely seen as the most important future growth driver for the two companies.
F.D.A. Approves First Drug to Treat Severe Multiple Sclerosis
New York Times
The Food and Drug Administration approved on Tuesday the first drug to treat a severe form of multiple sclerosis, offering hope to patients who previously had no other options to combat a relentless disease that leads to paralysis and cognitive decline.