Mayor Bill de Blasio has unveiled a plan to reduce racial disparity in marijuana arrests, but critics say it could make the city’s harmful record even worse.
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Demand For Gene Therapies To Prompt Surge In Pharma M&A
Big pharma companies need to buy innovation, biotech companies are getting sky-high valuations, and 2018 is shaping up to be the second biggest M&A year for the sector on record.
What Millennials Want The Government To Do About Long-Term Care
Two new surveys show what Millennials would like to help them and their loved ones with the stresses and strains of long-term care.
Google Updates ‘Hire’ With AI, Schedules Interviews 84% Faster
Google’s ‘Hire’ product now saves Recruiters more time to find the right candidates but is it all about Keywords in 2018? Google hopes not and has added new AI products…
A Gene Therapy Appears ToReplaceMissing ProteinIn Muscular Dystrophy Patients
An experimental gene therapy appeared to dramatically increase the production of a muscle-making protein in three young boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a deadly and irreversible disease, according to results being presented by the drugmaker Sare…
Walgreens And Humana Partner On Senior Primary Care Clinics
Walgreens and Humana are partnering to operate “senior-focused primary care clinics” inside drugstores .
7 Surveys That Say A Lot About U.S. Healthcare (Part 2)
Since 2017, Dr. Robert Pearl’s newsletter “Monthly Musings On American Healthcare,” has surveyed readers on a variety of healthcare topics. Part two in this series concludes as readers weigh in on their healthcare concerns, their tax dollars and their …
New York Judge’s Ruling Could Be Painful For Opioid-Makers Sued Over Addiction Crisis
The judge denied all of the arguments made by companies sued over their role in the opioid crisis, allowing claims made by New York counties to continue.
What Would You Pay For Extra Years Of Perfect Health?
Will money help you live forever? Probably not, but the more money you have, the longer you will expect to live, a new study shows. The value of a few extra years of perfect health also increase as your net worth grows. How much would you pay for a lon…
Personalizing Medicine: the Case for Connecting the Dots Inside
The burgeoning market in personalized nutrition and personalized medicine has run to date mostly on premature, false promises. But the real promise in the domain is catching up.
