The 2016 Medicare Trustees Report: Is Medicare Doomed?
(By Stuart Guterman, for Health Affairs Blog, July 12, 2016 ) The June 22 release of the annual Medicare Trustees
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Pfizer wins big in opioid deal with Chicago. But what does the city get?
(By Ed Silverman for STAT) At a meeting held last week to review the opioid epidemic, FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert
Read MoreFDA lets cancer trial resume after three patient deaths
(By Damian Garde for STAT) Federal regulators on Tuesday gave Juno Therapeutics the all-clear to resume testing an experimental cancer treatment, just
Read MoreExperimental drug shows promise for quick treatment of postpartum depression
(By Meghana Keshavan for STAT) An experimental drug touted as a breakthrough for treating severe postpartum depression is showing some
Read MoreFew Young Doctors Are Training To Care For U.S. Elderly
(By Kara Lofton, West Virginia Public Broadcasting for Kaiser Health News) At Edgewood Summit retirement community in Charleston, W.Va., 93-year-old
Read MoreDrug industry and Obamacare
The one key player in health care that escaped upheaval of Obamacare was the drug industry. With prescription drugs being
Read MoreRepublicans embrace the ‘Right to Try’ to get experimental medicines
(By Ed Silverman for STAT) The “Right to Try” movement may be embedded in the Republican Party platform. Amid the
Read MoreThe 15th Obamacare Co-Op Has Collapsed. Here’s How Much Each Failed Co-Op Got in Taxpayer-Funded Loans.
(By Melissa Quinn for The Daily Signal) Another co-op is shutting down, becoming the 15th to do so and bringing
Read MoreRedheads and Sun NOT a Good Combination
Due to a genetic mutations those individuals with red hair and freckles have a 42 percent greater chance of developing melanoma,
Read MoreDo you know the top Ten Costliest Medical Conditions?
Sun Life Financial published its fourth annual report listing the top ten catastrophic (costliest) medical conditions. Read article here…..
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