Less than two years after opening a state-of-the-art $26 million hospital in Leadville, Colorado, St. Vincent Health nearly ran out of money. Hospital officials said in early December that without a cash infusion they would be unable to pay their bills or meet payroll by the end of the week. The eight-bed rural hospital had […]
Many experts argue that dietary supplements are not beneficial unless you’re deficient. Dr Amir Khan has also said that “the evidence is patchy for multivitamins”. However, he recommended his “top three” supplements worth taking. Vitamin D Dr Amir’s first choice probably won’t come as a surprise – the expert-recommended vitamin D. Considered a non-negotiable supplement […]
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India may issue an alert on cough syrup exported by Marion Biotech, whose products have been linked to deaths in Uzbekistan, after tests showed many of the company’s drug samples contained toxins, a drug inspector said on Saturday. Indian police on Friday arrested three Marion employees and are looking for two […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Friday that it was “dangerous and unacceptable” for elected officials to target women’s access to federally approved medication abortion pills. Walgreens announced on Thursday it would not dispense abortion pills in the 20 states where attorneys general have told the pharmacy chain it risked breaking the law […]
Three-year results from the Evolut trial seem to provide more reassurance on the use of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in low-surgical-risk patients. The 3-year results show that low-surgical-risk patients undergoing aortic valve replacement continue to show lower rates of all-cause mortality and disabling stroke with TAVR compared with surgery. The rates of all-cause mortality […]
(Reuters) – Health care company Ontrak Inc’s Chief Executive Officer Terren Peizer resigned on March 2, the company said in a filing, a day after U.S. authorities charged him with insider trading. Peizer sold more than $20 million of Ontrak stock between May and August 2021 while in possession of material non-public negative information related […]
A team of scientists—led by Yamin Zhang, Ph.D., and Colin Franz, MD, Ph.D., at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and John Rogers, Ph.D., at Northwestern University—has developed novel technology with the potential to change the future of drug delivery. The device developed represents the first implantable drug delivery system that is triggered by external light sources of […]
As a popular diabetes drug takes social media by storm as a quick fix for weight loss, experts warn, not only is there no magic pill when it comes to losing weight, but this off-label use can actually backfire, possibly doubling the weight that was lost, once the medication is stopped. According to the National […]
DUBAI (Reuters) – Dubai-based Aster DM Healthcare is looking to sell a majority stake in its Gulf-based business and has short-listed buyers for the sale, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Aster, which operates hospitals, clinics and pharmacies in the Gulf and India, is looking to sell a stake of more […]
What explains persistent racial disparities in policing, despite police departments’ repeated investments in bias-training programs? A wide range of data indicate that police in the United States tend to stop, arrest, injure, or kill more Black people than White people. Calvin K. Lai (Washington University in St. Louis) and Jaclyn A. Lisnek (University of Virginia) […]
