Mental health apps are scooping up your most sensitive data. Will you benefit?
(By Dana G. Smith for STAT) An app for monitoring people with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia is so precise it
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Month: September 2019
How Cruise Ship Passengers Should Prepare For Sickness Or Injury At Sea
(By Bruce Horovitz for Kaiser Health News) Royal Caribbean’s gargantuan Oasis of the Seas boasts four outdoor pools and an
Read MoreHill Hodgepodge: Pelosi Draws From Democrats, GOP And Trump For Drug Plan
(By Emmarie Huetteman for Kaiser Health News) House Democratic leaders on Thursday unveiled an aggressive plan to lower drug prices
Read MorePolicy Options for Improving Dental Coverage for People on Medicare
(By Meredith Freed, Lisa Potetz, Gretchen Jacobson, and Tricia Neuman for the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation) Since its inception,
Read MoreWhy didn’t nonprofits and the NIH require ‘reasonable’ pricing for Zolgensma? That may happen in France
(By James Love for STAT) When a new drug emerges from research largely funded by grants from charities and government
Read MoreVideo tablets provided to veterans for telehealth increase services
(By Jackie Drees for Becker’s Hospital Review) The Veterans Health Administration 2016 telehealth initiative to distribute video-enabled tablets to veterans with mental
Read MoreInspector general: Part D rebates grew, but not enough to offset drug price hikes
(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Although rebates for brand-name drugs in Medicare Part D substantially reduced drug spending,
Read MoreDeadly Brain Cancers Act Like ‘Vampires’ By Hijacking Normal Cells To Grow
(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) Researchers are beginning to understand why certain brain cancers are so hard to stop. Three
Read MoreThe Vaping Illness Outbreak: What We Know So Far
(By Emily Vaughn for NPR) An outbreak of severe lung disease among users of electronic cigarettes continues to spread to
Read MoreWhat if the U.S. adopts price controls on drugs?
In Doug Badger, senior fellow at the Galen Institute, opinion column published by The Daily Signal, writes how according to
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