“Surprise” medical bills still exist. Why are patients surprised by these bills?
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Measles Elimination In Jeopardy: Could The Disease Go From Visitor To Resident?
Despite having eliminated measles in the year 2000, the US is dangerously close to seeing full-fledged re-emergence of the disease if current outbreaks aren’t contained.
Tech Companies Respond To The Opioid Crisis Whilst Pharma Executives Face Criminal Charges
More than 130 people in the United States die every day from overdosing on opioids and the economic burden of prescription opioid misuse in the United States, is $78.5 billion a year. Top pharmaceutical executives are facing criminal prosecutions and t…
America’s Largest Retailer Sued For Selling Fake Medicine
Walmart has been sued for medical fraud. In a lawsuit filed in the District of Columbia, the Center for Inquiry (CFI) alleges that Walmart is, “committing wide-scale consumer fraud and endangering the health of its customers though its sale and marketi…
Beyond Mobile Health Apps
Sorting out the world of digital health technologies for consumers and patients
The Sociology Behind Data Silos In Pharma R&D
From the perspective of those responsible for delivering the primary data analysis – the original reason the data were collected – there is generally no perceptible upside for investing precious and limited time and capital (and quite perceptible downs…
Quit Smoking For Good? There’s An App For That–With Real Evidence Behind It
Even six months after uninstalling the app, quit rates of former smokers were higher for those who used CureApp than those who had a sham version of the app.
What Happens When You Tease, Bully Kids About Their Weight
This NIH study showed what happened to kids who got teased about their weight.
Bird Therapy: On The Healing Effects Of Watching Birds
An uplifting and hopeful memoir about how becoming connected to the natural world helped teacher and author Joe Harkness to deal with serious mental health issues, and could help you too
Hospital Revives A Dead Retail Space Through Adaptive Reuse
Adaptive reuse breathes new life into dying retail spaces while saving money in construction and keeping materials out of landfills.
