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The Board’s Delicate ‘Kavanaugh’ Balance

The Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings have provided an unexpected corporate governance lesson: the need for boards to take a very close look at their company’s code of conduct, and how it would address similar allegations and matters of procedural …

12 Top Techs: Cyber, Social, Software And Semis

When we asked eight MoneyShow.com contributors who follow technology for their top investing ideas, they came back with a dozen picks. Tech products and their services are likely in your hands right now, in your pocket, your wallet, your business.

With Birchbox Stake, Walgreens Moves To Combat Amazon Home Delivery

Walgreens Boots Alliance is making an investment in Birchbox, which supplies monthly makeup and beauty supplies via home delivery.

Deductibles Hit $2,000 As Employers Intensify Cost Shift

Deductibles of $2,000 or more are increasingly common in employer plans, the Kaiser Family Foundation says.

The Pocket Philosopher

For the first time in human history, philosophy will have a practical application and the philosopher will be your mobile phone.

What May Happen If You Take Too Much Erectile Dysfunction Medication

Taking sildenafil citrate, the ingredient in Viagra, can lead to visual disturbances. Can it lead to permanent vision problems?

Google DeepMind Given Access To Mammograms Of 30,000 Women By Japanese Hospital

DeepMind Health is teaming up with a Japanese hospital on a machine learning project that could see AI used to detect breast cancer in mammograms. The organisation says it’s important to use mammograms from different countries to reduce the chance of b…

$9T Global Healthcare Strengthened By ITU Focus Group AI For Health

With a nearly 20 million health worker shortage worldwide, AI-based decision support can help with early detection, better diagnosis and risk identification, reduce cost of treatment, support self-management, and improving outcomes.

Sarepta Gene Therapy Appears To Help Fourth Boy With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

“The cautionary note is this all has to be confirmed in a larger trial,” says Douglas Ingram, Sarepta’s president and chief executive. “Our goal is to bring this therapy rapidly to patients around the world,” Ingram says.

Cigna And Express Scripts Deal: Virtues Of Vertical Integration

Vertical integration, as entailed by the Cigna-Express Scripts merger, may help contain cost growth and improve health outcomes. Such mergers may signal a move away from siloed budgets in healthcare, as PBMs would no longer be incentivized to focus sol…