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An anonymous reader quotes a report from STAT News: Health insurance companies have rejected medical claims for as long as they’ve been around. But a STAT investigation found artificial intelligence is now driving their denials to new heights in Medica…
Chronic pain patients were implanted with “dummy” pieces of plastic and told it would ease their pain, according to an indictment charging the former CEO of the firm that made the fake devices with fraud. Motherboard reports: Laura Perryman, the former…
Moderna Chief Executive Stephane Bancel pushed back against criticism of the company’s pricing plans for its Covid-19 vaccine at Wall Street Journal Health Forum. From the report: U.S. politicians including Sens. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), Elizabeth War…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: At least two companies in British Columbia, Canada, say they’ve received exemptions from the federal government allowing them to produce and distribute cocaine, heroin, MDMA, or magic mushrooms. But…
ONE of the creators of Russia’s Covid vaccine has been found brutally strangled to death in his Moscow apartment, in the latest mystery murder surrounding the country’s elite.
Andrey Botikov, a top Russian scientist who developed the Spu…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CBS News: Erythritol, a zero-calorie sugar substitute used to sweeten low-cal, low-carb and “keto” products, is linked to higher risk of heart attack, stroke and death, according to a new study. Researchers at t…
America’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “has issued a health advisory to warn the public of an increase of a drug-resistant bacteria called Shigella,” reports CNN:
There are limited antimicrobial treatments available for these particular …
Plan expected to be published next month could propose increasing places from 7,500 to 15,000Britain could double the number of doctors and nurses it trains under NHS plans to tackle a deepening staffing crisis, according to reports.The proposal to inc…
MIT engineers are hoping to help doctors tailor treatments to patients’ specific heart form and function, with a custom robotic heart. MIT News reports: The team has developed a procedure to 3D print a soft and flexible replica of a patient’s heart. Th…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: Amazon on Wednesday said it had closed its $3.9 billion deal for primary care provider One Medical. Amazon agreed last July to acquire One Medical to deepen its presence in health care, and “dramatically i…