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What Can You Do For Your Loved Ones When You’re Dying Of Cancer?

Data always has a face. Here is the advice that people who have struggled with cancer had for others at this year’s Forbes Healthcare Summit.

More Gratitude: One Solution to Address the Looming Crisis of Physician Burnout

A greater focus on gratitude can help solve the problem on physician burnout.

Groundbreaking Research In 2018 That Furthered The Study Of Alzheimer’s, Cancer And Blood Pressure

In 2018, the NIH received top scientific honors for groundbreaking research the agency funded, including two NIH-supported scientists who earned Nobel Prizes and three NIH-funded researchers who earned prestigious Lasker Awards.

How The Largest Public Funder Of Biomedical Research In The World Spends Your Money

The NIH is the largest public funder of biomedical research in the world, investing some $37.3 billion annually in medical research for Americans. While people are often skeptical of government, this is one instance where its involvement has changed th…

Christmas Shopping Tip — Your Brain Knows What You Like Better Than You Do

A series of studies using brain imaging raise the possibility that sometimes we think we like or dislike things, but our brains know better. So is the verdict in? Does the brain know more about what we like than we do?

Why Medieval Europeans Drank Fossil Squid-Butt Cocktails

The discovery of dozens of fossils at an archaeological site in Poland suggests Medieval people were putting them in elixirs.

Virtual Reality Adding New Possibilities For Plastic Surgery

Worth $43.9 Billion By 2025, the Cosmetic Surgery industry is using VR to help patients AND surgeons in new ways.

Rite Aid’s PBM Suddenly Looks More Attractive

Rite Aid’s pharmacy benefit manager EnvisionRx is a bright spot for the embattled drugstore chain thanks to growth of sales of Medicare drug plans.

Healthcare Startup Grows 2,805 Percent In 7 Years With CPAP Sanitizer

SoClean invented the world’s first automated CPAP cleaner and sanitizer, according to its CEO, paving the way for explosive growth.

AI That Saves Lives: The Chatbot That Can Detect A Heart Attack Using Machine Learning

The Corti digital assistant is changing the survival rates of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests by using artificial intelligence and machine learning to listen to emergency calls in real-time and alerting human operators when a cardiac arrest is suspected.