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PHYSICIAN MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: Meenakshi Bewtra, MD, MPH, PHD
Meena is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine; and a Senior Scholar in the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics…
Read PostLETTER TO FACEBOOK: Disclose Your Data Now
Click here to view this letter in PDF format Click here to take action and sign the petition November 23, 2021 Mark Zuckerberg, CEO Facebook, Inc. 1 Hacker Way Menlo…
Read PostThe Centenary of Insulin: Celebrating the Past, Analyzing the Present, and Looking into the Future
by: David Hirsch, MD and Aruna Muthumanickam, MBBS The discovery of insulin in 1921 revolutionized the medical treatment of diabetes, which until then had been a fatal disease. By 1922,…
Read PostDFA Applauds National Efforts to Promote Safe Storage of Firearms
This announcement from the Biden Administration is an important step toward a safer country for us all. From today’s announcement, “Firearms are the most common method of suicide in the United…
Read PostKeeping the Facts of Drug Pricing Proposals Straight
As debate over the federal Build Back Better budget reconciliation package continues this autumn, your legislators in Washington, DC need to hear from YOU. DFA has put together a letter,…
Read PostThe Omnipresent Drug Affordability Crisis: Stories from Across the Seas
by: Aruna Muthumanickam, MD It was an unremarkable Tuesday afternoon during my Internal Medicine inpatient rotation in a small village town in India called Talegaon. The ward stretched before me,…
Read PostPhysician Member Spotlight: Chidi A. Wamuo, M.D.
What part of medicine fascinates you the most? The field of psychiatry, specifically child/adolescent and forensic psychiatry fascinate me most. I view psychiatry as a largely preventive field with a…
Read PostHHS plan to lower prescription drug costs is a good start, but we need bold, swift action
Republished with permission from original source Healio. By Rita K. Kuwahara, MD, MIH HHS recently announced a plan supporting legislation that would allow it to negotiate Medicare Part B and Part D…
Read PostThe U.S. Drug Pricing Problem: How Did We Get Here?
by Dhiksha Balaji In the United States, we spend more on prescription medications than any other country – even though we don’t use more than others. And medications are only becoming more expensive. Between the years…
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