Evidence Table
A tracked treatment dataset for our mental health coverage: what it measures, where the figures come from and when they were last checked.
AMA urges FDA to regulate botanical products like drugs
The American Medical Association has called on the FDA to apply the same rigorous scientific standards used for conventional drugs to botanical...
Oxaloacetate Shows Promise for Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment
A preliminary clinical trial found the supplement oxaloacetate significantly improved cognitive function, fatigue, and physical functioning in breast...
Federal Alzheimer's Plan Update Prioritizes Prevention and Care
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services updated the National Alzheimer's Plan on Thursday, introducing four new goals focused on risk...
Treatment-resistant depression definitions may overlook social causes
Clinical definitions of treatment-resistant depression, centered on failed drug trials, are being critiqued for not aligning with depression's...
Neurostimulation Offers New Circuit-Based Treatment in Psychiatry
A scientific review details how brain stimulation techniques like TMS and DBS are shifting psychiatric treatment toward directly targeting...
HHS Appoints Eight New Members to Preventive Task Force
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has appointed eight new members to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, including a new chair...
Digital Strategy Doubles Heart Failure Drug Initiation
A digital strategy that identified and contacted heart failure patients not on guideline-recommended medication more than doubled treatment...
Twice-Daily Radiation Boosts Lung Cancer QOL
A patient-reported outcomes analysis from the NRG-LU005 trial links twice-daily radiation for limited-stage small cell lung cancer to a better...
Eye Drops Restore Vision in Blind Mice
Light-activated eye drops restored vision in blind mice, offering a potential new treatment for degenerative blindness without gene therapy or...
Blood Transfusions May Transmit Harmful Brain Proteins, Research Suggests
Research suggests blood transfusions may transmit harmful brain proteins like amyloid-beta, prompting calls for further study and safety measures...
New Clozapine Regulations May Widen Ethnic Disparities
Revised monitoring requirements for clozapine may inadvertently worsen existing inequalities in access to treatment for people of African ancestry.