Prostate cancer treatment needs to get more personalized
(By Brian Helfand for STAT) As a group, men who choose not to treat their early-stage prostate cancer aren’t any
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Another Insurer Leaves Obamacare Marketplace Exchange
Harken Health Insurance Co. a startup and part of UnitedHealth Group Inc. will not offer individual plans through Obamacare exchanges
Read MoreWhen a Nobel Prize brings a shower of hype: the roller coaster ride of RNAi
(By Meghana Keshavan for STAT) When the Nobel Prizes are announced next week, the winning biomedical discovery is certain to
Read MoreFormer Insys sales manager is arrested in opioid kickback scheme
(By Ed Silverman for STAT) Yet another former Insys Therapeutics sales manager has been arrested in connection with a scheme
Read MoreRats That Reminisce May Lead To Better Tests For Alzheimer’s Drugs
(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) What rats can remember may help people who forget. Researchers are reporting evidence that rats
Read MoreCDC Urges Americans To Get A Flu Shot As Soon As Possible
(By Rob Stein for NPR) Federal health officials are urging all Americans to get their flu shots as soon as
Read MoreBending the Rules: Funding of Obamacare
In a recent report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found the Obama administration is illegally sending payments to health
Read MoreBeware Of Unapproved Stem Cell Treatments
(By Emily Bazar for California Healthline) A website for five affiliated stem cell clinics, four of them in California, hails
Read MoreThe Need To Replace EpiPens Regularly Adds To Concerns About Cost
(By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez for Kaiser Health News) As controversy about the pricing of EpiPens reverberates from Capitol Hill to
Read MoreMost Hospital Palliative Care Programs Are Understaffed
(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) Most hospitals offer palliative care services that help people with serious illnesses manage their
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