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Insurance change raises access concerns about a type of breast reconstruction

Health insurance companies are changing the way they reimburse doctors who perform a complex type of breast reconstruction surgery. Doctors and patients fear the changes will make the procedure ...

National childhood type 1 diabetes screening could prevent thousands of emergency diagnoses, UK study shows

A landmark UK study involving tens of thousands of families has shown that childhood screening for type 1 diabetes is ...
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ARS Pharmaceuticals Expands neffy Access to 30 Formularies, Improving Coverage for Type 1 Allergy Patients

ARS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced the addition of neffy® (epinephrine nasal spray) to the formularies of Cigna Healthcare, Navitus Health Systems, and OptumRx, expanding access to approximately ...
Business Wire

Dexcom Wins Access to Dexcom One for 100,000 People Living With Type 2 Diabetes

EDINBURGH, Scotland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DexCom, Inc. (Nasdaq: DXCM), a global leader in real-time continuous glucose monitoring for people with diabetes, today announced a significant advancement in ...
Business Wire

Alberta Government Lifts Age Restrictions on Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGM) and Eligible Albertans With Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes Can Now Access Dexcom G7 CGM

BURNABY, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dexcom, Inc. (NASDAQ: DXCM), a global leader in glucose biosensing technology, is proud to announce that the Dexcom G7 Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) ...
MedPage Today

Diabetes Patients Also Struggle to Access GLP-1 Agonists

Last fall, Jody Dushay, MD, an endocrinologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, got a message from her patient with type 2 diabetes. His pharmacy had one semaglutide (Ozempic) pen ...
University of Birmingham

Childhood type 1 diabetes screening is effective and could prevent thousands of emergency diagnoses

Recruitment for next phase of the trial called ELSA 2 launches, expanding screening to include children aged 2-17 ...