Growing Old: A Profile of Aging in Two Countries
In the first survey of its kind, the Global AgeWatch Index ranked Canada 5th out of 91 countries in how it takes care of its aging population.The ranking, conducted by…
What’s at the End of the Road to Cost Transparency? 5 Fresh Ideas on the Future of Healthcare
First published on MedCityNews.com. Investors are pumping millions of dollars into healthcare price transparency startups. First published on MedCityNews.com. Investors are pumping millions of dollars into healthcare price transparency startups. Journalists are…
Neuroscientists Discover Roots of Empathy: What Part of the Brain Helps Us Feel for Others?
(Public domain) Researchers from the Max Planck Institute discover how the supramarginal gyrus helps us distinguish our own emotional state from that of others and so enables us to feel empathy.Those…
Walmart, Lowe’s Offer Employees No-Cost Joint Replacements at 4 Hospitals
First published on MedCityNews. First published on MedCityNews.Walmart and Lowe’s are no strangers to trying new approaches to reducing their healthcare costs. This time the two mega-employers having joined other…
New Weight Loss Drugs Come to Market as AMA Recognizes Obesity as Disease
Over the summer, the American Medical Association officially labeled obesity a disease. The new designation informed 78 million American adults and 12 million American children that they have a condition…
How Health Insurance Navigators Are Handling Obamacare Website Glitches
Originally published on MedCityNews.com. Originally published on MedCityNews.com. Glitches with the new federal health insurance exchange website may have caused some initial setbacks in enrollment, but “navigators” charged with helping people use the exchanges…
New Technology: A Wearable Device to Help Blind People Navigate
Originally published on MedCityNews.com. Technology that was initially meant to help soldiers and unmanned vehicles navigate uncharted territory is finding new life in a high-tech navigation device for people…
Migraines Affect Men and Women’s Brains Differently: Is Addiction in Men Equal to Headaches In Women?
Harvard researcher Nasim Maleki’s well-known study, published in the journalBrain last year, found that men and women suffer migraines differently. Harvard researcher Nasim Maleki’s well-known study, published in the journalBrain last year, found that…
Are Insurance Providers Buying Into Digital Health? Audax Health Is Making It Happen
John Nosta writes for Forbes.comMeet Grant Verstandig, CEO of digital health startup Audax Health. Grant started the company after a series of injuries left him uncertain about where or who to turn to for…
