Young boys are often left infertile after childhood cancer treatment, with no way of preserving their sperm. Now, new research might allow them to father children.
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Edge In U.S. Cancer Drug Development Spurred By Regulatory And Reimbursement Policies
A relatively unbridled market with few reimbursement restrictions and a plethora of proactive regulatory incentives appear to be driving the trend towards more cancer drug approvals in the U.S. versus Europe.
3 Ways To Help Public Health Activists Think Like Marketers
Public health activists must think less like crusaders and more like marketers
What Happens After Bariatric Surgery Makes A Big Difference
This study showed how much weight regain occurred after gastric bypass surgery and how this affected diabetes progression and quality of life.
Obamacare: Death By A Thousand Advertising Cuts
The Trump administration is cutting funding for Obamacare advertising. Will less advertising mean fewer customers?
Nike CIO Jim Scholefield Will Run Digital And Tech For Merck
Nike’s Global CIO Jim Scholefield is leaving the company to join Merck as Chief Information and Digital Officer, effective Oct. 29. He has also served as an IT executive at The Coca-Cola Company and at Northern Trust Bank.
Waking Up To The Sleep Crisis: Improving Your Well-Being Could Be Easier Than You Think
Regardless of the benefits sleep gives us we’re still not doing it. The Great British Bedtime Report suggesting that almost a third of us are still getting poor sleep most nights, and that stress and worry remain in the top three reasons why. This is n…
Living Wills Get New Life
Advance care planning takes place over a lifetime. It changes as one’s goals and priorities in life change through different stages of life and health conditions, asserts new guidelines on living wills from the American Bar Association Commission on La…
Health Insurance Prices: Trick Or Treat For Midterm Voters?
Contrary to claims from politicians and news pundits, the latest news on insurance exchange prices (a) doesn’t signal market stabilization, (b) doesn’t reflect broader healthcare trends and (c) isn’t the result of improved medical care.
Half Of Medicaid Plans Launching Population Health Models
Half of Medicaid managed care plans say they are piloting “population specific” value-based payment models, the inaugural report from the Institute for Medicaid Innovation said.
