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A study in the journal Pediatrics found that kids who consulted teledoctors received far more antibiotics than IRL.

Centene will contribute $100 million over the next decade to a partnership with Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis to “accelerate research into treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, breast cancer, diabetes and obesity.”

A thought-provoking U.K.-based study was published recently on the use of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA). Researchers suggest that repeated use of MDMA, known as ecstasy, may boost self-reported “emotional empathy.”

Health Care Service Corp., the parent of five Blue Cross Blue Shield plans, formed a joint venture with Sanitas USA to open primary care centers in Texas and four other states.

In the United States, primary care is like health food: underappreciated and avoided. We have the culture of medicine to thank for that, writes Dr. Robert Pearl.

More details on NHSX, a new quango to solve the NHS’s technology problems, have been released this week

Blockchain adoption is growing however in tentative steps. It’s also clouded due to its association with cryptocurrencies which number around 2600 and crypto’s wide fluctuations in valuation.

C. auris can be resistant to the three major classes of anti-fungal drugs and kill close to half the people it infects.

Widespread direct-to-consumer genetic testing and family databases mean that anonymous adoption, and sperm and egg donations no longer exist. Parents should share accurate biological information with their children before they someday learn this inform…

Slovenia- one of the unsung pioneers and largest contributors to artificial intelligence (AI), has announced plans to set up Europe’s first international AI research centre with the help of UNESCO.