I personally believe this will be one of the biggest scandals in the history of pharmaceuticals and that all will eventually be told when Mallinckrodt goes under or regulators take action.
Despite receiving at times strong criticism, the NHS – the UK’s national health care service – holds a top spot in comparison to other EU countries when it comes to affordability.
Tom Kent was the senior government policy person in Canada when the Medical Care Act was passed in 1966. Kent described the impetus to universal health care: "...many poorer people just did not get care when it was needed."
Alarm bells are ringing in Northern Europe, over the Estonian government’s latest attempt to take a massive number of genetic samples from its citizens.
“Nightmare bacteria” kills more than 23,000 Americans each year, and the report states about 11 percent of Americans who were screened had “no symptoms” before the bacteria aggressively spread.
"Today’s modern lifestyle has made losing weight more difficult than ever before, and that U.S. adults who are trying to do so need a new approach that’s compatible with how we live today."
Japan's $40BN Takeda Pharmaceutical is considering its biggest takeover ever, a bid for Shire Plc that could top $50 billion, boost the Japanese company’s growth position in drugs for cancer, gastrointestinal diseases and nervous-system ailments.
40% of American adults are obese, a sharp increase from a decade earlier and a record high. according to federal health officials.
A National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) sampling of 27,449 adults with a BMI between 30 and 40 found that among those aged 20 years and older, obesity went from 33.7% in 2007-2008 to 39.6% in 2015-2016. Severe obesity - those with a BMI above 40, jumped from 5.7% to 7.7% over the same period.
“Humanity is 'vulnerable' to a pandemic that could kill millions... because we are much more connected and we travel around much more quickly than before... We know that it is coming, but we have no way of stopping it..."
"...commentators penning obituaries for this once-powerful movement. may have a point. However, few of them understand the true causes of the tea party’s demise..."
