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Anti-Aging And Aesthetic Medicine: The Silent Rise Of This Multibillion Dollar Industry

The anti-aging market is positioned to reach $271 billion by 2024, with no signs of slowing down.

High Cost Of Prescription Drugs Equals Age Discrimination On Steroids

Research published last fall showed that one in eight adults with common heart diseases and stroke skip taking medications, delay filling prescriptions and take lower does than prescribed because of concerns about cost.

National Vaccination Program Leads To Marked Reduction In HPV Infections

When Marcia Cross linked her anal cancer to HPV infection, it raised yet another red flag that HPV can affect the gastrointestinal tract, not just the female reproductive tract.

CDC Offers China Help As Coronavirus Outbreak Grows, According To Report

“We are urging China that more cooperation and transparency are the most important steps you can take toward a more effective response.”

New Partnership Could Lead To ‘An Almost Instant Off-The-Shelf’ ‘One-Size-Fits-All’ Cancer Treatment

Kevin Pojasek, Ervaxx CEO, said the collaboration with the Cardiff University research group “shows early but enormous potential for the treatment of cancers.”

The Secret To Finding The Best Doctor

While friends and family may know whom they like, they probably do not know who is best.

What Makes This Coronavirus Different—And What We Can Do About It

Although 2019-nCoV isn’t the first disease of its kind, the world as we know it in 2020 is not the same as it was in 2002 or 2012, when the previous two coronavirus outbreaks made their mark.

The Childhood Survival Revolution: How James P. Grant Convinced The World To Save Its Children

Celebrating the legacy of one of the 20th century’s greatest visionaries.

Hong Kong Cuts China Flights To Fight Wuhan Coronavirus, But Other Governments Unlikely To Follow Suit

Hong Kong’s government says it will halve the number of flights to Mainland China, and suspend rail and ferry service. Here’s other governments are unlikely to replicate Hong Kong’s extreme action.

3 Reasons Hospital Mergers Fail

Hospitals administrators and national association groups have defended past mergers by promising the deals will lower costs and improve patient care. They almost never do.