What patients can do about cancer drug shortages; ADHD diagnoses 'falling through the cracks'

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June 19, 2023 Check out STAT+

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By Ed Silverman Pharmalot Columnist, Senior Writer

Adobe Opinion: Cancer drug shortages should have patients rioting in the streets Cisplatin and carboplatin are the backbone for lung cancer regimens because they work. And now they are largely unavailable. By Kristen Rice 'Falling through the cracks': Why ADHD is under-diagnosed among Asian Americans Working to understand low diagnosis rates and how ADHD affects Asian Americans is essential, said one expert. But, "it just isn't happening." By Olivia Goldhill Listen: 'Food apartheid' starves minority neighborhoods on Long Island About two dozen other communities on Long Island, is a food desert, meaning fresh, nutritious groceries are difficult to access. By Nicholas StFleur Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Opinion: How to separate sound wellness solutions from seductive snake oil The distinction between diagnostics, devices, and drugs used for optimizing wellness versus managing disease is blurring. By Richard Joseph and Rachele Pojednic

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