As drug prices continue to escalate way faster than inflation, an increasing number of people are...
Drugs and technology
Cool tech for the older set
Earlier this year, Tech50plus.com issued its annual Boomie awards for the coolest technology...
Doctors influenced by drug company money
Behavioral psychologists will tell you that none of us are immune from influence both explicit and...
New White House report recommends ways to help older people...
A March 2016 report by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, PCAST...
Penalties on drug companies for fraud shrinking
A new Public Citizen report, 25 Years of Pharmaceutical Industry Criminal and Civil Penalties...
Internists urge government to negotiate drug prices
The American College of Physicians, a trade association of doctors in internal medicine, joins the...
Medicare Part D drug costs rising
The private Medicare plan bait and switch continues. It wasn’t that long ago that copays in...
Bitter pills: Once popular drugs pulled from the market
Nearly 5 billion dollars. That’s how much pharmaceutical company Merck paid to people and...
Cognitive behavorial therapy through telemedicine can reduce...
Older adults often suffer from anxiety disorder but lack access to treatment. A recent study...
Scientists spin artificial blood vessels in cotton candy machine
It’s hard to imagine but scientists can spin artificial blood vessels in a cotton candy...