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How Health Care Employers Are Welcoming Older Workers

Why this industry has changed its policies towards older workers and others may follow

Should You Trust An App With Your Mental Health?

With long NHS waiting lists for talking therapies, many of those living with mental health problems are turning to apps as an alternative solution, but could they be exacerbating the problem?

We Need A Moonshot For Diabetes Prevention, Part Two: Three Misconceptions

Robust clinical studies translated into real-world results are shredding the misconceptions that diabetes prevention doesn’t work, is too expensive or takes too long.

UnitedHealth’s Medicare Advantage Growth A Good Sign For Rivals, Too

UnitedHealth Group’s 12% growth in Medicare Advantage enrollees is slightly ahead of a Trump administration projection for the entire health insurance industry.

How Can We Help Solve The Global Mental Health Crisis?

With mental healthcare services practically non-existent in much of the world, we are in the midst of a global crisis. Pavel Reppo founded the NGO mindfullwe to help address this problem by training community members, under the supervision of professio…

Trump Administration Throws Down Gauntlet On Drug Prices

Much to the annoyance of the Trump Administration the drug industry keeps raising list prices of drugs. The Trump Administration has made it clear that it won’t tolerate business as usual. And, legislators on both sides of the aisle appear to be simila…

Venture Volatility: 2018’s Banner Year Closed Cautiously For Biotech

2018 was a gangbuster year for biotech VC-funding into startups, but the year ended with significant downward volatility. Author provides a quick review of the data and things to watch.

13 Industries Soon To Be Revolutionized By Artificial Intelligence

Experts from Forbes Technology Council offer their predictions on which industries are about to be revolutionized by artificial intelligence (AI).

It’s Time To Unshackle Cannabis Research Efforts

As legalization sweeps across the country, more work must be done to show the true benefits of cannabis use.

Study: How Less Than 6 Hours Of Sleep May Hurt Your Blood Vessels

Poor quality sleep, such as frequent waking, may also increase your risk of cardiovascular disease.