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For diabetics, a high-fiber diet feeds gut microbes, lowering blood sugar

(By Meghana Keshavan for STAT) Plenty of fiber: That’s long been the recommendation for a healthy diet. But why? The

(By Julie Spitzer for Becker’s Hospital Review) Rochester, Minn-based Mayo Clinic enrolled more patients in its breast cancer clinical trials

(By Helen Branswell for STAT) The sole influenza vaccine made in cell culture in the United States may have worked

One of the top three priorities for employers in 2018 is benefit cost management. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation,

(By Richard Harris for NPR) Michael Robertson was on his summer vacation a few years ago and had just proposed

(By Brian Zimmerman for Becker’s Hospital Review) Kentucky’s Attorney General on March 8 filed a lawsuit against AmerisourceBergen, alleging the

(By Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review) The FDA on March 6 approved Oxford Immunotec’s detection tests to screen for

(By Rachel Bluth for Kaiser Health News) As President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans tirelessly try to dismantle the Affordable

Kimberly Lankford, Contributing Editor for Kiplinger, responds to a reader’s question in her “Ask Kim” column appearing on Kiplinger’s website

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Cigna signed a definitive agreement to acquire Express Scripts for $67 billion in cash and