A Few Things To Consider Before Buying The Latest Online Insomnia Cure
Online therapy for insomnia is grabbing headlines, but can it really deliver on what it promises?
How Tech Entrepreneurs, Big And Small, Are Helping Solve The Problem Of Organ Donation
Apple is the latest to get into the game. The giant’s entry shows how technology can help bring donors and patients together.
Calculating The Value Of An EpiPen
A timely test case for the math behind “value-based pricing”
Competing for the Big Prize: Excerpt from “Hood”
How does the immune system work? How does it distinguish between friend and foe—the foreign structures worthy of attack, and the healthy tissues to leave alone? What makes the immune system go haywire and start attacking healthy nerve tissue, causing autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis? How does the immune system retain a “memory” to recognize and attack invaders years after an initial exposure?
Innovators vs Exploiters: Drug Pricing And The Future Of Pharma
Pharmaceutical pricing got thrown onto the front page again last week, causing the expected anaphylactic reactions among politicians, practitioners, and parents. The root of this crisis: Epipen’s 600% price increase over the past eight years. The biannual upticks underlying that number finally caused a blowback as back-to-school buyers were faced with big out of pocket expenses this year that their insurers passed onto them.
Smallpox Could Return Years After Eradication
The recent passing of D.A. Henderson reminds us of how bad smallpox was. Here’s how global warming could bring smallpox back in full force.
Trying To Figure Out Whether The Benefits Of Chemo For Early-Stage Breast Cancer Outweigh Its Harms
Many women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer receive chemotherapy to prevent a recurrence, but research suggests that some of them would have done fine without it.
Tom Brady Gets Cut: How Can Others Avoid The Same Fate?
How often does this happen and what happens next?
Mylan’s EpiPen Price ‘Cut’ An Outdated Drug Industry PR Move
Even paying patient EpiPen copayments isn’t blunting Mylan Pharmaceuticals 400% price increase for the live-saving auto-injection treatment for allergy sufferers.
How Serious Is Dallas Cowboys QB Tony Romo’s Latest Back Injury?
Romo “broke his back” during a National Football League (NFL) pre-season game against the Seattle Seahawks.
Quit Whining, and 11 Other Things The Pharma Industry Can Do To Turn Things Around
You know things are messed up when El Chapo is more popular than any pharmaceutical executive.
IBM Health Corps Grant Winners Focus On Infections And Health Disparities
IBM’s Health Corps is a global philanthropic endeavor. Five sites are lucky winners of their award, which promises to be a great help in reducing health disparities.
That 400% EpiPen Price Hike Could Hit Your Wallet Even If You Don’t Need One
News of EpiPen price increases have been in the news following reports that the medication is retailing for as much as $500 a pop. Now, Sen. Chuck Grassley is concerned that the hike may hit consumers elsewhere – in the wallet come tax time.
U Chicago Dean Gives Trigger Warning In Letter Denouncing Trigger Warnings
University of Chicago Dean Jay Ellison unintentionally provides a fine example of both a trigger warning and creating a safe space in his now-infamous welcome letter.
Where To Buy An EpiPen For At Least $400 Less Than Mylan Charges
“Canadians can rest assured that the price will not be increased like it has in the U.S… There are mechanisms in place in Canada to make sure that kind of situation doesn’t happen.”
Look Who’s Bearing The Cost Of Pharma’s Long-Time Sales And Marketing Tactics
It is past time for the pharmaceutical industry to feel the pain of the opioid epidemic and bear responsibility for the role it plays in stoking this national tragedy.
The World’s Richest Hedge Fund Billionaires
A Big Swing From Bill Ackman In The Billionaire Fight With Carl Icahn Over Herbalife
Pershing Square’s Bill Ackman said on Friday he was contacted by investment bank Jefferies about buying a sliver of Carl Icahn’s billion dollar Herbalife holding, a new twist in Wall Street’s most bitter fight.
How To Stop Over-Eating — Lessons From Brain Science
Put our brains into the modern food environment, and you have a recipe for disaster. Our brains are hardwired to crave calorie-dense foods, this craving no doubt arising from our evolutionary time spent on the Tundra where calories were often scarce. But our modern food environment surrounds us with calorie-dense foods, forcing us to deplete limited willpower trying to keep our cravings from turning into over-consumption. Fortunately, brain science hints at several ways to reduce this pattern of craving and consumption.
Pulse Nightclub Shooting Victims: Orlando Health And Florida Hospital Step Up
The victims of the shootings at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando who were treated at Orlando Regional Health System as well as Florida Hospital will not be billed for out of pocket costs for treatment received in the hospital or emergency department, according to a recent statement released by Orlando Health and Florida Hospital.
Mad About Epipen? Here Are Some Ideas To Actually Fix America’s Drug Pricing Mess
Mylan Pharmaceuticals has been raising the price of the EpiPen for six years. The world has been outraged about it for six days. Here, then, are some thoughts on turning the rage into change.
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