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Biden executive order sparks debate on physician noncompete agreements

The executive order President Joe Biden released last week asks federal agencies to harness their power in regulating competition, nudging the Federal Trade Commission to ban or limit noncompete agreements — including in healthcare. Roughly half of private-sector businesses require at least some employees to enter noncompete agreements, according to a 2019 study from the Economic… Read More »

‘What price life?’ At a cost of hundreds of thousands a dose, novel cancer-killing drug sparks debate

It’s not a cancer wonder cure. It doesn’t help every child. However, Dr. Jim Whitlock says a radical new therapy that appears to kill the most common childhood cancer is one of the most remarkable advances he has seen in his 35-plus years of practice. “We can now save children we couldn’t save before,” said… Read More »

WSU College of Medicine research sparks entrepreneurship – WSU News

In 2019, Dr. Georgina Lynch helped launched Appiture Biotechnologies, which develops handheld technology to quickly, noninvasively and objectively screen for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children. By Christina VerHeul, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine SPOKANE, Wash. – The Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine is best known for its students in white… Read More »

‘Old Town Road’ sparks breakthrough when mostly nonverbal autistic boy sings along, mom says

More than just a catchy tune, “Old Town Road” gave one Minnesota family a miracle. The popular country-rap hit is apparently the song that sparked something inside of an autistic, mostly nonverbal boy from Cottage Grove, a city roughly 25 miles southeast of Minneapolis. GUY FIERI WANTS TO MAKE A ‘FLAVOR TOWN ROAD REMIX’ OF LIL… Read More »