Centene and Humana filed separate lawsuits against Merck alleging the drugmaker’s “monopolistic scheme” delayed generic versions of its blockbuster cholesterol drug Zetia from coming to market, causing the insurers to pay higher prices for years. The suits by two of the biggest health insurers were filed in similar but separate lawsuits Wednesday in federal court in… Read More »
Getting a good night’s sleep can delay the onset of dementia later in life, scientists have discovered. How people slumber can be used as a “crystal ball” to predict if they will be hit by Alzheimer’s disease in the future, according to the researchers. Plenty of deep sleep was found to best delay the onset… Read More »
South Australia has moved to delay the lifting of border restrictions with NSW and the ACT amid concerns over the rise in COVID-19 cases in Sydney. Premier Steven Marshall says the state’s transition committee has met and decided not to go ahead with the lifting of quarantine measures on July 20. He says of particular… Read More »
It was the night before my 21st birthday party and I was in high spirits. For some inexplicable reason, it was decided we should test the idiom of “zxang modn” or more simply put, what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? In this case the unstoppable force was my V8 253 Holden… Read More »
The chair of the House subcommittee charged with legislative oversight of the VA’s Cerner electronic health record implementation is concerned about the agency’s decision to delay the EHR’s initial go-live. “I’m concerned that as we’ve moved closer to the go-live date, we have been told repeatedly that there were no showstoppers in the implementation, that… Read More »
While we all want our children not to have any problems at all, the reality is that life doesn’t always work that way. Many children suffer from some sort of problem, whether it’s something minor and often temporary, like a speech delay, or something more difficult and permanent, like cerebral palsy or autism. Children with… Read More »