Everyone knows that eating healthy is good for your health. But should we think of food as a type of medicine? A paper by Ridberg et al. (2025) examines public perceptions of different interventions to get people to eat better to improve their health. Health systems are increasingly deploying Food Is Medicine interventions, which incorporate…
The Washington Post on Wednesday broke a report on the White House’s plans for the HHS budget
Glycomine’s lead program is an experimental treatment for PMM2-CDG, an ultra-rare enzyme deficiency often misdiagnosed as cerebral palsy. With encouraging results from an open-label Phase 2 study, the biotech startup is now preparing for a placebo-controlled test that could potentially support a regulatory submission. The post Startup Glycomine Lands $115M for Clinical Trial in Ultra-Rare…
All Marketplace plans have free preventive benefits to help keep you healthy and avoid more serious illnesses. Talk with your doctor to figure out which services are right for you. Remember, services are only free if you get them from a provider in your plan’s network. Image What preventive services could I get? Some common services include:…
The Trump administration aims to change the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program in a way that would delay when certain drugs can be selected for negotiation. The post Trump’s Executive Order on Prescription Drug Costs Delivers a Win for Pharma Companies appeared first on MedCity News.
HHS Secretary states that the cause of autism will become clear in September
Chronic, non-communicable diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide and make up 8 of the 10 top causes of death in the U.S. Across several chronic diseases, the U.S. has a higher burden of illness than peer nations. The reasons why are complex and include differences in how health care is managed, poverty, diet…More
In a new Trump administration executive order, the Secretary of HHS is directed to work with Congress to implement a change in law to delay negotiation of so-called “small molecule” drugs under the Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program for an additional 4 years. This brief analyzes how many of the drugs previously…
Project Bread CEO Erin McAleer describes learnings as MassHealth’s Health-Related Social Needs program moves from pilot to broader roll-out
Cybersecurity firms indicate that the healthcare industry remains a top target for ransomware groups