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A robotic alternative to pet therapy for Alzheimer’s patients

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, social distancing has changed everything on how to care for a loved one with Alzheimer’s

Gilead has not yet set a price for the first coronavirus treatment to have shown clinical benefits; however, the Institute

(Source – www.medicare.gov/blog) Are you doing what you can to keep your bones strong? Each year, more Americans are diagnosed

( By Richard Harris for NPR) The Food and Drug Administration is stiffening its rules to counteract what some have called a

(By Will Stone for Kaiser Health News) Seattle mourned the news: Elizabeth and Robert Mar died of COVID-19 within a

(By Anuja Vaidya for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS has created an independent commission to make recommendations for responding to the COVID-19

Express Scripts and CVS Caremark, the two largest pharmacy benefit managers, increased the numbers of drugs on their 2020 exclusion

(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) The costs of dozens of cancer drugs were about 2.3 times higher in the

The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed two crises: health and economic. While millions of Americans lost their jobs it also means

(By Yuki Noguchi for NPR) Normally, Laura Mayer helps the most acutely suicidal callers find the nearest hospital emergency room. But