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High price of drugs is biggest issue in prescription adherence, physicians say

A new drug cost survey reveals that over 90 percent of physicians believe they have a role to play in discussing healthcare costs with patients. Unfilled prescriptions remain a problem, with 73 percent of physicians taking the patient’s responsibility for cost into account in making a prescribing decision, according to the survey released by OptimizeRx.… Read More: High price of drugs is biggest issue in prescription adherence,… »

Feeding Mosquitoes Diet Drugs Makes Them Stop Biting – Smithsonian.com

While it sometimes seems like mosquitoes swarm humans simply to make our lives miserable, they actually ruin our evening strolls and barbecues because they’re hungry. A female mosquito needs to slurp up a belly full of blood to produce her clutch of eggs and her hunger hormones drive her to seek out bare arms and… Read More: Feeding Mosquitoes Diet Drugs Makes Them Stop Biting – Smithsonian.com »

Mosquitoes 'put off biting' by human diet drugs

Scientists say they may have found a way to reduce the appetite of blood-hungry mosquitoes, by giving them human diet drugs. This left them feeling full and bloated and put them off biting, US researchers said. They said the technique could be used to prevent illnesses such as Zika, yellow fever and malaria. But their… Read More: Mosquitoes 'put off biting' by human diet drugs »