Category: Health News
Obamacare Premiums to Rise Slightly in 2019
The health insurance marketplaces governed by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have seen much turbulence in the past couple of years, rocked by considerable price hikes and exits of …
How Artificial Intelligence Can Improve Clinical Research
Revolutionizing Clinical Trials with Artificial Intelligence A key requirement before any drug can get the approval of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is for such to have successful …
New Antibody Therapy Shows Potential for HIV Control in Clinical Trials
Research coming out of Rockefeller University indicates that two HIV-fighting antibodies, when combined, can help to suppress the dreaded virus for months, possibly with less reliance on daily drug …
DEA Reclassifies CBD-Based Drug Epidiolex for Sales to Commence
Epidiolex, the first cannabis-based drug to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has been rescheduled by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and now looks set to …
Fasting Increases Production of Anti-Aging Molecule
There has been increasing interest in the benefits of fasting and calorie restriction in recent years, with these claims supported by some experts. A new study emanating from Georgia …
New Research on Insulin Resistance & Lean Body Mass
Insulin resistance linked to low lean body mass A recent study, published in the Journal of Diabetes and its Complications by Victor W. Zhong, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow at the …
Rising Health Care Costs in the U.S.
The increase in health-care costs Health care expenses have been slowly and steadily increasing over the past few decades. This trend has been affecting employer-sponsored insurance premiums, out-of-pocket costs, …
Butterfly Network To Revolutionize Ultrasounds With The iQ
The Butterfly Network plans to revolutionize the way ultrasounds are conducted with their iQ, the portable ultrasound device that is an ultrasound on chip, which will sell for $2000. …