The exorbitant pricing of prescription drugs in the U.S. is not new. It is an issue with a lot of buzz—newspapers write about it, presidential candidates discuss it—but not a lot of action. American consumers continue to feel the squeeze of unusually high drug prices every time they visit the pharmacy. The same is not […]
Pediatric Researchers Find Evidence that Help Prevent Abnormalities in Heart Muscle after Children Receive Chemotherapy
A study published today by researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan DMC and the Wayne State University School of Medicine is bringing new hope to families of children who struggle with a common form of leukemia and thus must confront an elevated risk for long-term heart ailments caused by chemotherapy. The study in today’s […]
Cooling Children After Cardiac Arrest Provides No Significant Benefit
A recent clinical trial, published in the New England Journal of Medicine and co-authored by the Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center (DMC) Chief of Critical Care and Wayne State University School of Medicine Professor of Pediatrics Kathleen L. Meert, M.D., shows that “therapeutic hypothermia” is no more effective than maintaining normal body temperature […]
Five Secrets About the ACA the Government Is Hiding
The Affordable Care Act is underestimated in size and scope. It is still being written through regulation, and not even the Jeopardy super computer “Watson” could keep up with all of the changes coming out every day. Somewhere in the Act, and its ensuing thousands of pages of regulations, are a few things happening that will […]
Why America’s Healthcare System Is Broken and 4 Ways to Fix It
The United States spends more than other industrialized nations on healthcare, and in some surveys the USA comes in last place for certain outcomes. Here is why our system is broken, and four ways to improve health in America that could garner bi-partisan support. Why is our healthcare so messed up? The short answer […]
The ACA & Five Things to Watch In Healthcare Industry
A lot of exciting things are happening in the healthcare industry. Many new companies are racing to market to fix the fragmented system and offering the latest innovations. A lot of them are gaining momentum, and last week, Apple announced they plan to get into healthcare which was big news on Wall Street. Meanwhile, we have […]