Pharma lobbyists flooded Maryland to block a drug-pricing bill. Opponents pushed back — and won
(By Lev Facher for STAT) ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The drug industry has long been seen as invincible in this small
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Health Care – General
Making Smarter Decisions About Where To Recover After Hospitalization
(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) Every year, nearly 2 million people on Medicare — most of them older
Read MoreAirbnb expands medical stay program: 4 things to know
(By Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review) Airbnb expanded its Open Homes program for medical stays through two new partnerships,
Read MorePorcupine Barbs For Better Wound Healing
(By Josh Cassidy and Laura Shields for NPR) At first, the idea of using porcupine quills to patch up wounds
Read MoreU.S. forces health company to ditch Chinese investor, in sign of heightened concern over foreign influence
(By Rebecca Robbins, Matthew Herper, and Damian Garde for STAT) The Trump administration has ordered a U.S. health tech startup
Read MoreAmazon Alexa is now HIPAA-compliant. Tech giant says health data can now be accessed securely
(By Casey Ross for STAT) Amazon unveiled software on Thursday that allows health care companies to build Alexa voice tools
Read More8 costliest chronic diseases
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Of the nation’s $3.3 trillion in annual healthcare spending, 90 percent of it
Read MoreTraining A Computer To Read Mammograms As Well As A Doctor
(By Richard Harris for NPR) Regina Barzilay teaches one of the most popular computer science classes at the Massachusetts Institute
Read MoreNorth Dakota doesn’t have enough psychiatrists. Telemedicine is helping to fix that
(By Megan Thielking for STAT) Until recently, when the North Dakota human services agency had an opening for a mental
Read MoreUsing opioids safely
(Source – www.medicare.gov/blog) Doctors may prescribe opioids, a class of drugs used to treat pain, after surgery or an injury.
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