Health care deals have been on a tear in recent months, from megamergers between pharmacies and insurance companies to big tech companies teaming up with health care providers to reduce costs. Continue Reading Below On Tuesday, Microsoft made big news when it announced a massive 7-year deal with Walgreens Boots Alliance in an effort to transform “health care… Read More »
There was a lot of news this week about a study, published in the medical journal BMJ, that looked at how diet affects heart health. The results were unexpected because they challenged the conventional thinking on saturated fats. And the data were very old, from the late 1960s and early 1970s. This has led many… Read More »
Earlier this year the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) released a revised Committee Opinion calling for a new paradigm for postpartum care in the United States. Moving away from the single postpartum check at 6 weeks, ACOG has made a significant change in its recommendations for postpartum care: “All women should ideally have… Read More »
Thousands of women ‘are dying from heart attacks needlessly because they get worse care than men’, claims study Poor treatment contributed to deaths of more than 8,200 women over ten years Women diagnosed with heart attack treated slower than men and not given tests Female patients twice as likely as men to die within a month… Read More »
By ePATIENT DAVE deBRONKART I’m a supporter of the Society for Participatory Medicine’s second annual conference on Oct. 17 in Boston. This article taken from the SPM “ePatients” blog tells you about just one of the great speakers who’ll be there. Please come join us Register here.–Matthew Holt Here’s the latest in our series of posts by and… Read More »
Strong, healthy hair is one of the factors that contribute to the beauty of a woman. However, few people know how to keep their stands shiny and maintain their locks at their loveliest. There are many hair habits that seem to be fine, but are actually the biggest culprits of dry, damaged, dull tresses. Following… Read More »