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Encouraging Gratitude In Kids Reduces Materialism, Study Finds
Luckily, gratitude is a trait that can be nurtured.
Board Chaos Often Begets More Chaos
The seeds of one board-level crisis may spawn collateral dysfunction, for which boards must anticipate and prepare.
Death Is Not An Emergency: How Recompose Is Redesigning The End of Life
Social entrepreneur Katrina Spade wants to transform the U.S. funeral industry and create more options for those facing death, and for their families.
A New Targeted Cancer Company To Watch
Jean Cui led the invention of Pfizer’s Xalkori. Now she has her own company focusing on drug-resistant cancers, and it has raised $147 million.
Time Running Out For Lawyers Suing Opioid Industry To Show Specific Proof
Judge: Hand over evidence of specific, improper prescriptions or lose the right to present such evidence forever.
Opioid Lawsuits On Par To Become Largest Civil Litigation Agreement In U.S. History
Recent months have seen a surge in opioid-related lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies and individual leadership of pharma, as well as retail pharmacies and dispensaries. Interestingly, they are being filed by cities, counties, state’s attorneys g…
8 Myths About Aging And Long-Term Care
In her new book, Carol Levine, author of ‘Navigating Your Later Years for Dummies,’ busts popular myths about aging and long-term care.
The Biotech Innovation That Will Transform Society Has Arrived (Hint: It’s Not CRISPR)
“Our field spent incredible amounts of time and money racing to sequence the human genome. And we succeeded. Once we finally finished sequencing it, we could finally read the thing. So then I said to myself, ‘Okay, now it’s time to start writing DNA.'”
Gartner’s Strategic Predictions for 2019: The Good, the Silly and the Weird
The Gartner Group publishes its annual predictions for the following year every October. In addition to some really good insights about virtual visits and the shortage of AI talent, Gartner also predicts compliance issues with blockchain and concerns …
