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FDA to Tap Online Patient Forum for Drug Safety Issues
The FDA plans to mine data submitted by patients on the site PatientsLikeMe.
The FDA, in an attempt to gather post-marketing data directly from the source, is planning to access data submitted on the patient-networking website PatientsLikeMe. The hope is to collect data that patients submit on drug-use experiences, symptoms, and hospitalizations.
The project is currently in its exploratory phase. “We’re hoping we can find information on the impact of adverse events on patients’ day-to-day lives,” said Gerald Dal Pan, director of the Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology at the FDA, in a statement.
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Higher Weight-Adjusted Waist Index Tied to Greater Mortality Risk in Patients With Osteoarthritis
April 23rd 2025Researchers consider the weight-adjusted waist index a more precise predictor of mortality risk in patients with osteoarthritis than traditional obesity measures, like body mass index.
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