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Bernie Sanders: ‘What Was Your Most Absurd Medical Bill?’ Here Is The Response

Senator Bernie Sanders posed this question to Twitter and got over 17.1K responses.

What Does Vaping Do To Lungs When It Doesn’t Kill?

While e-cigarettes are now responsible for hundreds of acute illnesses and several deaths, even general use of e-cigarettes can cause chronic lung issues. Some are switching back to traditional cigarette smoking. Neither option is a good one.

This Dental Technique Saving Teeth And Money In Sudan Could Be Used Worldwide

A low-tech method of capping children’s cavities appears to be just as good as the conventional method, and doesn’t require electricity.

Don’t Make Big Decisions When You’re Hungry, Study Finds

Being hungry may lead to poorer decisions, and not just about food.

Study Finds Dementia Patients Need More Home-Based Medical Care

A recent study by researchers at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) provides insight into the health and wellness of people with dementia who live at home versus those who live in residential care facilities.

Obamacare Drives Hospital Consolidation, Raising Prices For Patients

Obamacare’s architects thought hospital consolidation would streamline care, improve the quality of medical services, and generate savings for patients. Now, nearly a decade later, it’s clear they miscalculated.

Behavioral Economic Interventions – It’s Not a Choice Between Nudges and Shoves

Behavioral interventions come on a continuum. Why is it important to recognize this more nuanced, multi-dimensional take on nudging? Because we cannot rely solely on nudges to promote publicly important behaviors or mistakenly conclude that anything m…

Primary Care Is Integral To Improving U.S. Healthcare, But Is Falling Further Behind

Increasing primary care access is seen as essential to improving population health. Effective primary care can help reduce emergency room visits and hospitalizations. However, in most U.S. states, the percentage spent on primary care is less than half …

15 Upcoming Business-Changing Tech Trends (And How To Prepare For Them)

The way employees work today is entirely different from the last generation — and the evolution of business technology does not seem to be slowing down any time soon. Check out these business-changing tech trends on the horizon.

Is This New 3-Drug Combo A Fountain Of Youth?

A new study of a 3-drug combination showed that it rejuvenated the thymus, replacing fat with new tissue. Even more remarkably, it reversed 4 signs of epigenetic age, leaving men “younger” than when the study began.