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Morning Read: Theranos scales back use of fingerprick test vials, Bernie...
TOP STORIES Less than 24 hours after it ran an unflattering profile of diagnostic startup Theranos calling into question the use of machines other than its own for doing blood tests, Elizabeth Holmes’...
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Morning Read: Raise your hand if you love Obamacare more (in the Democratic...
TOP STORIES For all that we’ve endured in the last few years, it is pretty amazing to listen to presidential candidates fight over who is more Obamacare than the other. Bernie Sanders said he wrote...
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Sharecare’s voice recognition app that detects stress reveals results from...
Sharecare has developed a voice recognition application that doesn’t analyze what someone is saying, but its algorithm looks at how it’s said with the hope to provide insight on monitoring stress....
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Democratic debate on healthcare, as told by Twitter and fact checkers
CHARLESTON, S.C. – JAN. 17: Democratic presidential candidates Martin O’Malley (L), Hillary Clinton (C) and Sen. Bernie Sanders participate in the Democratic Candidates Debate hosted by NBC News and...
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Telemedicine needs to be mainstream before we can talk health reform
Disclaimer: This is not meant to be a commentary on any presidential candidate, so please save your hate mail, Bernie Sanders supporters. This post is about telemedicine and health reform. According...
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Colorado campaign supporting universal healthcare ballot measure enlists...
A universal healthcare ballot measure is the latest in a series of cutting edge policy change proposals put in front of Colorado voters. But will it get the support of residents that recreational...
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Fact-checking Bernie Sanders’ claim about Big Pharma, Prop 61 on the Real...
Bernie Sanders appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher to charge that Big Pharma spends more money on marketing and advertising than on research and development. Was he right?
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Four days later, Marathon postpones launch of $89K corticosteroid
Marathon Pharmaceuticals is doing some backtracking after the public, the media and now Bernie Sanders objected to the list price of its upcycled corticosteroid for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
View ArticleMorning Read: Theranos scales back use of fingerprick test vials, Bernie...
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has moved to limit its fingerprick blood test vials after being forced on the defensive over its technology claims.
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Morning Read: Raise your hand if you love Obamacare more (in the Democratic...
Also, a new song from ZDogg, Baidu is in trouble for its medical claims and LifeWatch gets a new FDA clearance.
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Sharecare’s voice recognition app that detects stress reveals results from...
How stressed does Hillary Clinton get when talking about Wall Street or gun control?
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Democratic debate on healthcare, as told by Twitter and fact checkers
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders released details of his “Medicare for all” single-payer healthcare proposal about two hours before the debate, perhaps fueling renewed interest in the Democratic race.
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Telemedicine needs to be mainstream before we can talk health reform
The movement to save Lakewood Hospital outside Cleveland seems misguided.
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Colorado campaign supporting universal healthcare ballot measure enlists...
A universal healthcare ballot measure is the latest in a series of cutting edge policy change proposals put in front of Colorado voters. But will it get the support of residents that recreational...
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Fact-checking Bernie Sanders’ claim about Big Pharma, Prop 61 on the Real...
Bernie Sanders appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher to charge that Big Pharma spends more money on marketing and advertising than on research and development. Was he right?
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Four days later, Marathon postpones launch of $89K corticosteroid
Marathon Pharmaceuticals is doing some backtracking after the public, the media and now Bernie Sanders objected to the list price of its upcycled corticosteroid for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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Don’t let single-payer perfect be the enemy of the universal healthcare good
Advocates of “Medicare for All” like Bernie Sanders underestimate the significant challenges to its implementation while ignoring or dismissing alternative models that achieve the same goal: equitable...
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The Senate Attacks on Pharma Put the Industry in Jeopardy and Consumers at Risk
Singling out an industry segment won’t solve the underlying problem of healthcare costs. The post The Senate Attacks on Pharma Put the Industry in Jeopardy and Consumers at Risk appeared first on...
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Bernie Sanders Urges GAO To Investigate Payers Over Birth Control Coverage
Under the Affordable Care Act, most private health insurance plans are required to cover birth control methods approved by the FDA without out-of-pocket costs. But not all plans are doing this, Bernie...
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