People often share more about their health and medical experiences on Facebook than they do with their own doctors. They talk about their experiences with illness, their…
Big pharma is one of the main scapegoats for the steeply rising costs of medical care. This might make sense when you learn how staggering the pricetag on necessary processes…
Could patent restrictions in biotech be compromising millions' health, safety, and standards of living when we should be benefiting from new diagnostic tests or improved…
Many of us, at some point in our lives, have had to deal with a variety of different healthcare professionals for an episode of care. Perhaps your primary physician has…
What do you do when the profitable market for a drug is small, but the medical need is huge? You open source it. The current patent-based drug development process doesn't help…
Medical costs are rising dramatically. Few consumers would dispute that. The U.S. government spent more than $2.3 trillion on healthcare in 2008, more than three times the…
