Proteus' Digital Medicine Offering Leads To Improved Compliance And Lower Blood Pressure

Interim findings from a new Digital Medicines study presented yesterday at the 65th annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology (#ACC16)demonstrated that patients benefit from feedback on medication adherence and behavior patterns, translating to improved outcomes for chronic medical conditions such as diabetes and hypertension. The study included patients using [...]

Popular Quartz Countertops Pose a Risk to Workers

The government has issued new rules on “engineered stone” containing silica, a mineral linked to silicosis and other diseases among workers.

Well: For Families in Flint, a Daily Struggle to Avoid Tap Water

The crisis presents an especially daunting challenge to pregnant women and the parents of young children.

Academia And Industry Do Not Need To Be At Odds With Each Other

Turning science into medicines is an important and worthy challenge, pursued with passion, intelligence, and integrity by many physicians and scientists. New medicines do not fall easily and inevitably out of academic research, but require deliberate, painstaking development – and unreasonably resilient drug hunters able to cope with a staggeringly high failure rate.

Medicare Is Often Overbilled by Hospices, and Pays Twice for Some Drugs

Medicare has been overpaying more than $260 million a year, including bills from hospices for inpatient care that patients did not need, investigators said.

Coffee, Decaf, Espresso, Or Instant: All Brews May Lower Colon Cancer Risk

More good news for coffeephiles: Coffee of any description may lower the risk of colon cancer.

In Miami, Facing Risk of Zika With Resolve but Limited Resources

Stopping the virus's spread, health experts say, requires muscular control of the mosquitoes that carry it. But the quality of services varies wildly.