NEW WARNING: Uterine sarcoma linked with long-term tamoxifen use
Cases of uterine sarcoma in women receiving tamoxifen citrate (Nolvadex, AstraZeneca) have prompted a "Dear Health Professional" letter, black-box warnings on labeling, and publication of a letter to the editor in the New England Journal of Medicine from FDA officials.
Jenny Goins, interim head of the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions, says employers need the same visibility into medical benefits that a new Department of Labor rule gives them into PBM compensation.
People with ADHD had a 70% higher risk of death from any cause in a 19-study meta-analysis, with excess deaths from suicide, injury and natural causes.
Bronchiectasis affected 221.6 per 100,000 people in the U.S. over five years, which is higher than earlier national estimates, according to a study published in CHEST.
Adding Sunharbo (asundexian), a first-in-class factor XI inhibitor, to single or dual antiplatelet therapy reduces ischemic stroke risk without increasing the risk of major bleeding.