Category: Forbes

Need To Fund Your Health Idea? How About Crowdfunding?

CaringCrowd is an example of a platform to help crowdfunding for public health projects. What are the pros and cons and opportunities and pitfalls of crowdfunding?

Bathroom Hand Dryers: Another Study Shows How Gross They May Be

A new study demonstrated how much bacteria is being sprayed on to your hands and into the air by hand dryers in restrooms.

How Candy Manufacturers Are Trying To Find A New Sweet Spot

Recent efforts to curb sugar consumption around the world are changing the candy industry. Here’s what established candy manufacturers like Mars and Nestle and entrepreneurs like Tara Bosch are doing.

Don’t Fall For Single-Payer’s False Promises

Single-payer systems have failed everywhere they’ve been implemented, from the United Kingdom to Canada. Americans who fall for single-payer’s promise of “universal health coverage” at lower cost will instead find themselves facing long waits for subpa…

Want To Know Yourself Better? Blockchain Can Help

The inefficiency in the medical space has hampered the ability for healthcare data to be safely shared and efficiently moved by providers, hospitals and individuals. Blockchain can change that.

Millennials And Healthy Living: It’s About Online Content, Not Doctors’ Visits

Newsflash: 93% of millennials do not schedule preventive healthcare visits with their insurance-provided primary care physicians. Instead, they utilize urgent care facilities if they get sick, access medical advice online and choose to read health blog…

Doctors Who Support Single-Payer Should Seek A Second Opinion

The U.S. health system is far from perfect. But unless doctors are eager for the government to make them underpaid, overworked, and incapable of providing high-quality care, they must eschew the single-payer model.

Medicaid, Marijuana And Me: An Ex-Opioid Addict’s Take On American Drug Denial

While D.C. ponders cuts affecting millions, here’s a 15-minute read on what I’ve learned in 15 years about our country’s real drug problem.

Has Obamacare Turned Uncle Sam Into A Drug Dealer?

It’s time for Congress to roll back the Medicaid expansion — and fundamentally reform the broken program so that it protects taxpayers and better serves the truly needy.

Trump’s AHP Rule Makes Health Care Affordable Again

Trump’s new AHP rule will give small firms and the self-employed access to health plans they can actually afford.