Biomedical Science versus Biomedicine, a Continuing Series
A case study of biomedical science progress against cystic fibrosis, and the resulting “biomedicine” profiteering.
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Amid Regulatory Gaps, Telehealth Prescribers Flourish
Who’s regulating Telehealth drug sales?
Read more...Smaller Employers Weigh a Big-Company Fix for Scarce Primary Care: Their Own Clinics
Some employers in primary care deserts are entering the healh care business, indirectly revealing the level of institutionalized profiteering
Read more...FDA Confirms IM Doc Concerns About Pharmacies Pushing Covid Boosters + Other Vaccines in Same Visit
Flu vaccine upselling as yet another chapter in medicine, American-style.
Read more...Two Cheers for Biomedical Science!
An in-depth look at two important advances in biomedical science, each treating a dangerous genetic disease.
Read more...Using Opioid Settlement Cash for Police Gear Like Squad Cars and Scanners Sparks Debate
A look at how different communities are deploying opioid settlement cash. But no clear data on policing versus treatment.
Read more...Acceleration of Inflation Continues, Core Services Inflation Spikes Despite the Massive Health-Insurance Adjustment
A year of health-insurance adjustments pushed down core CPI and core services CPI; inflation adjustments swing the other way next month.
Read more...How U.S. Hospitals Undercut Public Health
The U.S. health care industry is one of the world’s worst polluters, causing many of the deaths it seeks to prevent.
Read more...Why Are Thousands of Kaiser Health Care Workers on Strike? 5 Questions Answered
An overview of the issues in and the magnitude of the strike at the Kaiser health system.
Read more...What Mobile Clinics in Dollar General Parking Lots Say About Health Care in Rural America
Dollar General has launched profit-motivated health clinics on wheels. What could go wrong?
Read more...The Increasing Financialization of Germany
The FIRE sector capitalizes on Germany’s industrial decline as government diverts money from social programs to military.
Read more...IM Doc on the Corruption of Public Health and the Breakdown of Medical Practice in the US
Sadly, famed short seller David Einhorn’s saying applies to US public health: “No matter how bad you think it is, it’s worse.”
Read more...Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations
Simon Schama’s book on pandemics and vaccines is highly informative, although KLG takes issue with Schama’s defense of Anthony Fauci.
Read more...How Will Rural Americans Fare During Medicaid Unwinding? Experts Fear They’re on Their Own
The researchers found that former Medicaid enrollees looking for health plans on the private market face aggressive, misleading marketing of limited-benefit products that don’t cover important services and fail to protect consumers from high health costs.
Read more...Will ‘Poor Man’s Cocaine’ Fuel the Next U.S. Drug Crisis?
The cheap and highly addictive cocaine-like stimulant Captagon shows signs of following in the opioid fentanyl’s footsteps.
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