These findings from a KFF/Washington Post survey reveal how parents encounter information related to children’s health on social media, including trust in content they see online and whether they have specific, trusted influencers when it comes to information about children’s health.
Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names. Sounding the Alarm for Ambulances Thank you for shedding much-needed light on the exorbitant costs and lack of reimbursement that have become a harsh reality for many ambulance services across Colorado…
Walgreens has completed its sale to private equity firm Sycamore Partners, raising concerns that the deal could lead to widespread store closures, layoffs and reduced access to healthcare in vulnerable communities. The post What’s Next for Walgreens Following its Private Equity Sale? appeared first on MedCity News.
On this blog we most often talk about health care issues related to chronic and acute conditions, health behaviors and public health. However, there is another dimension that is vital to health: avoiding natural disasters. Unfortunately, natural disasters appear to having an increasing impact in the US across the past decades. Between 1980-2024, 16,941 people…
Peter Stetson is the CMIO of Tiger Connect. It’s now calling itself an AI platform to connect people, especially workflows between doctors, nurses, EMTs and devices. Until recently he was CMIO at Memorial Sloan Kettering, so I asked him about what the real problems in communications were. He believes it’s all about routing the calls…
Tatiana Fofanova is the CEO of Koda Health. She is dealing with one of the most difficult parts of health care. How do you get patients wishes in the case of end of life or other critical illness made in advance and delivered to medical professionals? Koda Health has not only figured out how to…
If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” Someone in America dies by suicide every 11 minutes. It’s that common. But not normal. Humans have evolved over centuries to survive. So when people try to kill themselves, something…
Sotyktu, which became the first TYK2 inhibitor to reach the market after its 2022 FDA approval in plaque psoriasis, now has positive data from two pivotal tests in psoriatic arthritis. Bristol Myers Squibb is trying to add new indications for the drug and stay ahead of competitors including Takeda Pharmaceutical. The post Bristol Myers Squibb’s…
Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Texas Medical Center Venture Fund, Yale New Haven Health join General Catalyst in $10.5 million funding round
The ability to harness real-world insights at scale empowers life sciences companies and clinicians to develop more targeted therapies, improve patient outcomes, and drive evidence-based innovation in BPH treatment. The post Harnessing Real-World Data and AI to Advance Research and Treatment for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia appeared first on MedCity News.