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The average price for single-source brand-name drugs is higher in the United States than in other countries

External Reference Pricing Could Cut Drug Costs in U.S.

Prices averaged 3.2 to 4.1 times higher in U.S.; differential varied from 1.3 to 70.1 for individual drugs
The Combat Application Tourniquet is suitable for use in the upper and lower extremities of school-age children

Combat Application Tourniquet Suitable for Use in Children

CAT successfully occluded arterial blood flow in all upper extremities, 93 percent of lower extremities
For patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced breast cancer

New Lesions ID’d on Breast MRI During Treatment Likely Benign

New suspicious lesions detected on breast MRI during neoadjuvant therapy are more likely benign
Low body mass index among men entering adult life is associated with an increased incidence of Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis up to 40 years later

In Men, Low BMI Tied to Later Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Risk lasts through 40 years of adulthood for underweight adolescent men
Plant-based diets are associated with a lower risk for heart failure in adults without known heart disease

Plant-Based Diets Tied to Lower Risk for Heart Failure

Southern dietary pattern of more fried food and sweetened beverages tied to higher risk
Vyndaqel (tafamidis meglumine) and Vyndamax (tafamidis) capsules have been approved to treat adults with cardiomyopathy caused by transthyretin mediated amyloidosis

FDA Approves Treatments for Heart Failure Caused by Rare Disease

Capsules approved to treat cardiomyopathy caused by transthyretin mediated amyloidosis
The death toll in the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo now stands at 1

Congo Ebola Outbreak Death Toll Surpasses 1,000

International aid organizations halting their work due to deteriorating security conditions
Consumers should not eat and retailers should not sell or serve l'Explorateur soft ripened cheese due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination

FDA: French Soft Ripened Cheese Possibly Contaminated

Agency warns of potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination of l'Explorateur cheese
At least 60 more measles cases have been reported in the United States

CDC: Number of Measles Cases in the United States Reaches 764

So far this year, 23 states have reported measles cases
Application of commercially available sunscreens under maximum use conditions results in plasma concentrations that exceed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration threshold for potentially waiving nonclinical toxicology testing

Maximal Use of Sunscreen Ups Absorption of Active Ingredients

Maximal use leads to plasma concentrations exceeding FDA threshold for waiving toxicology testing