Well Health Technologies (TSX: WELL) has outperformed other telehealth companies in the telehealth industry in 2020. While competitors like Doximity, Hims & Hers, and Teladoc have been hit badly, ...
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Health Inequities May Cost The U.S. One Trillion Dollars
Health inequity is expensive. A new report by Deloitte elucidates the details: “…health inequities account for approximately $320 billion in annual health care spending signaling an unsustainable cris...
A Major Missouri Health Provider Halts Emergency Contraception After Roe—Here’s Why It Could Be The First Of Many
Topline A major Kansas City health provider is no longer providing emergency contraception and pharmaceutical companies like Amazon, Walmart and CVS have limited purchases amid soaring demand in the d...
Teladoc Health And 2 Other Stocks With “Triple Top Breakouts”
Price charts of stocks. getty It’s a point and figure price chart pattern that indicates a possible trend reversal from down to up. Of course, there are no guarantees that the “triple top breakout” re...
Bretman Rock On Therapy, Boundaries And His Show’s New Mental Health Storyline
Bretman Rock on the scene of “MTV’s Following: Bretman Rock” season 2 Maria Pena Minutes into the new season of MTV’s Following: Bretman Rock the reality show’s star joins his sister...
World Health Organization says monkeypox is not a global health emergency right now
The World Health Organization on Saturday said the rapid spread of monkeypox across dozens of nations does not represent a global health emergency at this time. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghe...
Companies forced to weigh in on privacy, health care
Pro-choice activists are seen outside of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC on June 15, 2022. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images The challenges posed by the end of Roe v. Wade are only just beginnin...
WHO Says Monkeypox Isn’t A Global Health Emergency Yet—But Raises ‘Serious Concerns’ About Spread
Topline The World Health Organization announced Saturday the spread of monkeypox does not yet constitute a public health emergency, but WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said “seri...
Merck Pushes Forward With Potential Deal for Seagen
Merck & Co. is pushing forward with a potential deal for biotech Seagen Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, in what would be one of the largest takeovers of the year. The Wall Stre...
Pacific Medical Health Group Says “Yes” to Crypto Payments
If you fancy paying for your upcoming facelift or tummy tuck with bitcoin, you can thanks to the Pacific Medical Health Group. The organization and its primary physician Dr. Michael Omidi announced in...
Nearly one-third of older Americans have less than $10,000 saved for retirement
Many older Americans are willing to work during their retirement years — and they may have to be — because they aren’t financially prepared for their old age. Almost three in 10 people between 55 and...
North Carolina’s Opportunity To Ban Health Industry Gag Clauses And Unleash Price Transparency
This piece was co-written with Cynthia Fisher. Jason Dean from Tennessee needed stitches on his knee after a minor accident last year. He went to a local hospital that told him insurance would cover t...
Five Big Ideas From The Aspen Health Strategy Group
Our nation has the highest incarceration rate in the world with 10 million people incarcerated each year, yet the health of these individuals is truly an afterthought. We must recognize that their exp...
El Salvador’s Finance Minister Says Bitcoin Crash Will Not Affect Country’s Fiscal Health
El Salvador’s Finance Minister Alejandro Zelaya has revealed that the recent crash in Bitcoin and crypto prices has minimal risk to the country’s fiscal health. El Salvador Records $40M Paper Loss in ...
Bonobos founder who helped transform Walmart opens up about mental health struggles
Burn Rate: Launching a Startup and Losing Your Mind Andy Dunn’s start-up, Bonobos, was being courted for an acquisition by retail giant Walmart. It was a thrilling process, but the co-founder an...
How Rest And Wellness Brands Like Lunya And Ritual Are Redefining The Store Experience
Ritual’s new store on Abbot Kinney in Venice featuring the traceability map wall. Ritual In a 2021 report, McKinsey estimated global wellness to be a $1.5 trillion market, with a growth rate of ...
Cala Health Tackles Hand Tremors With Bioelectronic Treatment
The Cala Trio is a wrist-worn biolectronic device that treats essential tremor. Image courtesy Cala Health, Inc. Years ago, Kate Rosenbluth, PhD, watched as a neurosurgeon delivered the news to one of...
Oracle’s Ellison Pitches US Health Database With Power of Cerner
(Bloomberg) — Oracle Corp. is looking to develop a national system of digital health care records after completing its acquisition of electronic medical records provider Cerner Corp. Most Read f...
Assessing Cardano’s [ADA] health ahead of Vasil hard fork
Cardano is ramping up activity since Vasil fork is edging closer as we enter the second week of June. It is now up and running on the right path with major indicators leading the way for a bullish ral...
Novavax’s New Covid-19 Vaccine Might Be Late to the Party
It’s one thing to arrive fashionably late to a party, it’s another thing to waltz in when the last guests are stumbling out the door. For Novavax , which on Tuesday cleared a key step toward U.S. Food...
Most Cannabis Users Do So For Health And Wellness, Says New Study
A woman holding a cannabis leaf getty One of the biggest misconceptions that continues to plague the cannabis community is that most users are habitual stoners. However, a new study is dispelling that...
CDC raises monkeypox alert as global cases surpass 1,000
Test tubes labelled “Monkeypox virus positive and negative” are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022. Dado Ruvic | Reuters The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ...
I lived in motels and ‘forgot to live’: I’m 48, have almost $900,000 and want to retire next year. What can I do?
I am 48 years old, single and have lived in various states and done diverse jobs. Genetically, I foresee my life span being around 20 more years, as I lost my parents at a very young age. In this 15 ...
My parents-in-law sold their home and bought an RV. They have $200K in the bank. How can they protect their assets from being used for nursing-home costs?
My father-in-law has health issues. While he is not quite ready for a nursing home, that may be a necessity in the near future. He has state retirement benefits and a very small Social Security check....
Oracle quietly closes $28B deal to buy electronic health records company Cerner
At the end of last year, just before Christmas, Oracle made a big move when it announced it was acquiring electronic health records company Cerner for $28 billion, thrusting it quickly into the top en...
‘I wouldn’t be successful at my job without her’: My friend cleans, cooks and cares for my child. I pay her $50 a day. Am I taking advantage of her?
I’m a working-from-home mom and my supervisors have no intentions of bringing me back to the office at this time. In order to actually get work done, I have pieced together childcare using the help of...