Range author David Epstein worries our obsession with hyperspecialization has gotten out of hand, in the process obscuring an important counter-narrative that values breadth and lateral thinking, tolerates ambiguity and inefficiency, embraces meanderin…
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Using a bot to filter sensitive business information? Here are some important things to consider before you automate.
Hereditary BRCA mutations have long been known to increase the chance of developing breast and several other types of adult cancer, but new research has shown that they might also increase the risk of developing childhood cancer.
Is the phenomenon of what is called Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) a result of our “real life” cultural alienation or is it a product of our internet use?
A new agreement Oscar Health signed with Berkshire Hathaway’s NICO reinsurance subsidiary is a signal Oscar is on the verge of a big expansion in the individual Obamacare and small group health insurance business.
The U.K. Office for National Statistics has released research into how many migrants work in the country’s tourism and healthcare sectors. With non-British people representing a large proportion of both industries, there are concerns about staffing sho…
Great science doesn’t always generate great returns.
Non-profit hospitals receive significant tax relief to treat under-served patients, resulting in sizable revenues for the hospitals. Physicians also contribute billions of dollars of uncompensated care, but receive no tax breaks in an already difficult…
In brief, a no-deal Brexit would imply an unprecedented disruption of the European pharmaceuticals market in terms of research, regulation, manufacture, and trade in biopharmaceuticals. It would even impact drug prices as reference pricing schemes thro…
