[theGuardian] A new type of fertility treatment that could prevent a woman from passing a rare class of genetic disease to her children should be approved by the government, according to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, provided research shows the techniques to be safe and effective.
The council also said that ...
They are collectively known as the microbiome. For a century, doctors have waged war against bacteria, using antibiotics as their weapons. No one wants to abandon antibiotics outright. But by nurturing the invisible ecosystem in and on our bodies, doctors may be able to find other ways to fight infectious diseases, and with less harmful [...]
The court's ruling preserves discounts consumers get on the Medicare drug plan doughnut hole. Drug makers worry Medicare might be able to lower prices it pays the companies even more. Started in 1972 to help poor kids pay for college, Pell Grants are now so broad that more than half of all undergrads benefit. Because the amount of a Pell Grant for full-time study depends on both a student’s financial straits and the cost to attend school, better-off students often receive the large Pell Grants [...]Priceless in Reason. My op-ed in Forbes. Laissez-Faire Books likes Priceless. Priceless at Newsmax. Interview with CBN News. Buy the book here (available in hardback and e-book formats).Anxiety disorders diagnosed more often in women than men. The most contaminated surface in a hotel room is the TV remote. Love resides in the brain, not the heart.They’re meeting again. Yes, the world is still coming to an end. This time for different reasons. Part of the preamble to Agenda 21, the action plan that came out of the Rio Earth Summit of 1992, reads: “We are confronted with a perpetuation of disparities between and within nations, a worsening of poverty, hunger, [...]Weekly Standard: “This Election Just Became About Obamacare” Breitbart: “Wrong, Wrong, Wrong: The Supreme Court’s Worst Decision Since Kelo” Breitbart: “Legal Scholar Randy Barnett: SCOTUS Rewrote the Law to Make It a Tax, Throwing It Into the Political Process” Statement from the American Medical Association. Eric Cantor: House will vote on repeal on July 11.
Pharmacy-benefit managers, drug stores and wholesalers stand to benefit from the survival of the health law for a simple reason: More insured Americans mean more prescription-drug sales.The full opinion from SCOTUS is available here. Analysis of the decision from Kaiser Health News, Daily Caller, and Lyle Denniston at SCOTUSblog.In November, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved an innovative product called the Sapien Transcatheter Heart Valve, for the treatment of severe aortic valve stenosis. The Sapien valve can be implanted endoscopically, making it a boon for patients who are too sick to endure open-heart surgery. Clinical trials found that almost 70% of [...]
In a pilot program with federal health officials announced Tuesday, Walgreen Co. and other pharmacies will examine whether they can become a go-to stop for those seeking HIV testing.Myth: Buy locally grown food. “Transporting food from the farm to the supermarket accounts for only about 4% of the emissions involved in food production. Most of the emissions occur.” Myth: Drive a hybrid. “Some use hybrid technology to boost power, not lower fuel use, and get fewer miles per gallon than 100% gasoline-fueled compacts.” [...]
Over the years, I’ve learned that going to the pharmacy is not like a trip to the dentist – it’s much less painful, and I’m always struck by how much pharmacists know and are willing to help. (Dentists are willing to help, but they often use a drill.) Today, the Wall Street Journal’s Laura Landro [...]
Over the last several weeks, we’ve been fortunate to feature many blog posts on the Catalyst from prominent oncology researchers working for biopharmaceutical research companies. Many of these researchers have been active participants at various oncology conferences and events, such as the recent American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting, throughout the month of [...]
There has been a steady stream of media coverage out of last week’s BIO meeting in Boston, Mass., highlighting the evolving biopharmaceutical research and development (R&D) model, particularly as more and more patients are helping to drive the direction of such research. While patients have always been front and center when it comes to companies’ [...]
The Watch, a new novel by Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya, is an interesting story of war and conflict told from multiple perspectives. It starts out with the story of a disabled girl who has her entire family to bombing in Afghanistan, who takes a long journey to retrieve the body of her brother, who was recently killed [...]
It’s time to talk about the other side of the issue when it comes to copay coupons. This is a pretty simple issue from my perspective, it’s about getting patients the medicines they need. Unfortunately, one might think that drug copay coupons are going to be the straw that breaks the health care system’s back. [...]