The coronavirus pandemic poses an unprecedented challenge to healthcare systems that will likely extend for months — and perhaps even years — to come. More than ever, hospitals and other medical facilities need to focus their resources on healing the sick and avoid getting bogged down by administrative costs and inefficiencies. This brings a longstanding challenge to the […]
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Coronavirus may be in the headlines, but it’s still flu season, and a weird one at that — officials are seeing a new spike in flu activity as a second strain of flu hits on the heels of the first. The 2019-2020 flu season already had an unusual start — in December and early January, […]
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Sales of gold jewelry in China are set to plummet this year as the economic damage from the deadly coronavirus crisis widens. The death toll from the outbreak has topped 1,100 and shoppers are staying away from public places to avoid infection, while also limiting their spending to basic necessities such as groceries. Jewelry retailers […]
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Russia’s Alrosa, the world’s largest diamond mining company, will hold its March auctions in Moscow and Israel after Hong Kong postponed two jewellery shows because of the coronavirus outbreak, the company said on Wednesday. Demand for diamonds in China, the world’s second largest market after the United States, had already weakened last year because of […]
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As technology gets more sophisticated — and stressed-out consumers find it harder to get some shut-eye — Sleep Number thinks the day could arrive when a mattress can be covered by health insurance. Sleep disorders — which the Centers for Disease Control has deemed a public health crisis— have been linked to health conditions like […]
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Action to reduce prescription drug prices may be on the back burner on Capitol Hill amid discussions about impeachment and Iran. But the White House and many legislators still have hopes of some action to reduce prices in 2020. President Trump proposed new rules aimed at that goal in mid-December. However, prices for hundreds of […]
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Some people pay $200 a month on the golf course or a fancy cable TV package, says David Westbrook, a hospital executive in Kansas City, Mo. His splurge? He pays Dr. John Dunlap $133 a month for what he considers exceptional primary care. “I have the resources to spend a little extra money on my […]
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For diabetics, access to insulin is a matter of life and death and over the course of 2019, there have been numerous reports that show the increasing price of the medication is keeping it out of reach of patients. And some lawmakers are placing the blame squarely on the shoulders of drugmakers. At the beginning […]
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New York University cardiologist Dr. Joseph Wiesel is suing Apple over a heartbeat-monitoring technology featured on the Apple Watch. Wiesel “invented and perfected a method and device for detecting atrial fibrillation by assessing whether a pulse rate pattern is regular or irregular,” and has been issued five patents related to detecting atrial fibrillation to date, […]
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As an entrepreneur, you may “burn the midnight oil” or brag about catching just a few hours of sleep because your work is so impressive and all-consuming. That isn’t sustainable, of course. Deep down you know it’s best to get more than just a few hours of sleep. Maybe you’d be surprised to discover just […]
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