NPR |
From Polio To Poverty To Sex Ed: 9 Predictions For 2018
NPR What kind of year will 2018 be? Our blog covers global health and development, so we're not going to make any predictions about North Korea, Middle East peace or who will design Meghan Markle's dress. What we do have to offer: prognostications about a ... Will 2018 See the End of Polio? Public Health Watch Report |
The Independent |
Dry January: Is it worth giving up alcohol for a month?
The Independent Alcohol costs every tax payer £120 a year through the one million annual hospital admissions attributable to its use. Getty. Alcohol Concern has thrown down the gauntlet to drinkers: can you manage a month without alcohol? The campaign, Dry January ... |
Spark Therapeutics' vision-loss gene therapy to cost $850000 per patient
Reuters (Reuters) - Spark Therapeutics Inc said on Wednesday it would charge $850,000 per patient for its gene therapy to treat a rare form of blindness, lesser than analysts' expectation of around $1 million. The company said the list price of the therapy ... |
Medical News Today |
Alzheimer's: 'Triple-action' diabetes drug shows promise as treatment
Medical News Today Scientists in the United Kingdom and China find that a new drug for type 2 diabetes may protect the brain from damage caused by Alzheimer's disease, after testing it in mice. three pill bottles. Could a diabetes drug help to treat Alzheimer's disease ... |
NJ.com |
Hackensack Meridian acquires another hospital and is now NJ's largest chain
NJ.com Hackensack Meridian Health Wednesday announced it now owns JFK Medical Center in Edison, a deal that creates the largest hospital chain in New Jersey. In what has become a race to amass the most sprawling health care network in the state, Hackensack ... JFK Health joins Hackensack Meridian, expands cardiac services It's official: JFK Health now part of Hackensack Meridian JFK Health Joins Hackensack Meridian Health and Expands New Jersey's Most Comprehensive and Integrated Health ... |