Children With Celiac Disease Suffer from Persistent Enteropathy Despite Gluten-Free Diet
Children with celiac disease are likely to suffer from persistent celiac enteropathy. The presence of enteropathy could not be predicted by the presence of IgA tTG.
Children with celiac disease are likely to suffer from persistent celiac enteropathy. The presence of enteropathy could not be predicted by the presence of IgA tTG.
‘The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority, in a notification, put a ceiling price on drug eluting stents (DES) and bioresorbable stents at Rs 29,600, and that of bare metal stents at Rs 7,260, effective from Tuesday.’
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The cost of a drug eluting stent currently ranges between Rs 24,000 and Rs 1.5 lakh, and that of a bioresorbable stent is between Rs 1.7 lakh to Rs 2 lakh. A bare metal stent costs between Rs 7,000 and Rs 20,000. NPPA said it had consulted with various stakeholders on the matter.
"During deliberations, it was found that huge unethical markups are charged at each stage in the supply chain of coronary stents resulting in irrational, restrictive and exorbitant prices in a failed market system driven by information asymmetry between the patient and doctors pushing patients to financial misery," an NPPA notification said.
Obamacare Benefitted Latinos, but Persistent Disparities Remain
Persistent disparities in access to and utilization of health care were found between non-citizens, naturalized citizens and U.S.-born citizens.
Persistent disparities in access to and utilization of health care were found between non-citizens, naturalized citizens and U.S.-born citizens.
In July 2016, the Union Health Ministry had, through a notification, included coronary stents under the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM). Drugs and devices listed in the NLEM have to be sold at the price fixed by NPPA. This was after the Delhi High Court sought government action on a public interest litigation (PIL) appeal seeking price control on stents.
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Use Of Optical Coherence Tomography To Guide Coronary Stent Implantation
Although PCI is most commonly guided by angiography alone, the use of a novel OCT-based stent sizing strategy results in similar minimal stent area.
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How to Treat Persistent Depression in Older Adults
More than half of older adults who are treated for depression find that eventually their treatments are no longer effective.
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