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People With Chronic Conditions Need Extra Care

People with chronic conditions need extra care even for the simplest tasks, like going to the pharmacy or taking their medicines

The Top 10 Dividend Aristocrats Stocks To Buy For 2019

Dividend Aristocrats are an elite group of 57 stocks that are in the S&P 500 , meet certain minimum size and liquidity requirements and have 25+ years of consecutive dividend increases, explains Ben Reynolds, editor of Sure Dividend.

Your AI Physical Therapist Will Make You Better, Faster

Your AI physical therapist will see you now.

Healthcare Startups Promise To Rein In Costs

No magic bullet but many novel approaches to complex issue.

If You Want to Avoid a C-Section Choose Your Hospital Wisely

We have an epidemic of C-sections in the US, now accounting for almost 1 in 3 births. That represents a 50% increase since the mid-90s, despite all the advances we’ve seen in obstetrical care. Why do these unnecessary C-sections happen and how can you …

HHS Secretary Azar’s Hospital Price Transparency Plan Is A Terrible Idea Whose Time Has Come

Last year, a man in Indianapolis went to the hospital with severe abdominal pain. After a series of uncomfortable tests, he was treated, discharged, readmitted and then discharged again. Still, his ordeal wasn’t over. The mail brought new forms of pain…

Healthtech Stories: The Patient Who Made a Medicines App Sexy

Stephen Bourke is a lifelong patient and cofounder of the medicines-management and digital pharmacy company, Echo. Not wanting to be defined by his medical condition, Stephen embarked on a journey to build a solution that empowers patients and puts the…

With CBD, Cannabis Wellness Market Goes Big

Cannabidiol oil-infused products have opened up a new space for cannabis.

Americans Sit More Than Anytime In History And It’s Literally Killing Us

Sitting time and activity levels found in those who sat for more than 8 hours a day with no physical activity had a risk of dying similar to the risks of dying posed by obesity and smoking. That’s terrible news given that the average American adult sit…

FDA Approves Johnson & Johnson’s Ketamine-Derived Drug For Treatment-Resistant Depression

The green light means ketamine–an anesthetic abused as a party drug but promoted by some doctors without FDA approval as a necessary treatment for the most severely depressed patients—has spawned the first materially new depression treatment in decades…