The News: Obesity is more common in rural areas than in cities in the United States, two new studies have found. The two analyses, one of adults and the other of children, used… Read more »
The News: Theranos, the humiliated, disintegrating, and allegedly fraud- packed blood-testing startup, is most often related to its founder and CEO, Elizabeth Holmes. But during the rise and fall of… Read more »
The News: A former Insys Therapeutics Inc. (Chandler AZ) sales representative was recently sentenced to six months of home confinement after admitting that she participated in a scheme to pay… Read more »
While scanning the healthcare news yesterday I was struck, perhaps a bit startled even, by a video clip of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, clad in a dark suit and tie and… Read more »
The News: Four women had an extremely rare, aggressive and fatal type of ovarian cancer. There was no standard treatment. All four women, who lived in different countries, asked their… Read more »
The News: According to a timely new study, a single session of exercise may change the molecular workings of fat tissue in ways that, over time, should improve metabolic health…. Read more »
The News: Four companies selling dozens of various marijuana-derived dietary supplements have been officially warned by the US Food and Drug Administration to stop plugging their products as cures for… Read more »
A coalition of roughly 40 House Republicans and Democrats unveiled a slate of Obamacare fixes last week they hope will gain traction after the Senate’s effort to repeal the law… Read more »
The News: Note: This is an update to my post: “GOP’s latest health bill looking more like a white flag on Obamacare repeal promise; McCain’s return won’t save McConnell’s maneuvers.”… Read more »
The News: Shortly after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell unveiled a revised bill last Thursday to overhaul the US healthcare system, lawmakers undecided about the proposed changes to Medicaid gathered together… Read more »
