According to an article in today's New York Times, private insurers have started to reimburse doctors for advance care planning conversations about how chronically ill persons want to spend their final days. In addition, Medicare might start covering end-of-life planning discussions if the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services agree to cover this service....

Pharmaceutical companies are starting to take notice of some of the potential health benefits to the components of Cannabis treatments. The initial findings are quite interesting. For example an Arizona-based specialty pharmaceutical company recently announced the FDA had granted an Orphan Drug Designation to the company's cannabidiol (CBD) treatment of glioblastoma...

U.S. corporations including Burger King, Medtronic Medical Devices and Chiquita Banana and many others that have merged with foreign firms and shifted their headquarters to avoid U.S. taxes, may not only come under scrutiny by the IRS but also by consumers who recognize that this activity is unpatriotic and damaging to our nation. Some conservatives...

3.0 out of 5 stars Using House to spawn young physicians, July 16, 2014 By Jeffrey A Newman Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: House, M.D.: The Official Guide to the Hit Medical Drama (Paperback) I purchased this book during a daily dose of at least three House episodes on Netflix (absent commercials!). The writing for this...

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) warned against selectively using social media to disclose information. This was in response to a post by Reed Hastings, CEO of Los Gatos, Calif.-based Netflix Inc., on his personal Facebook page making the first announcement that Netflix's monthly online viewing had exceeded 1 billion...

General Motors knew that its ignition switches in 1.62 million now-recalled cars were faulty and it knew the problem was made worse by the position of the switch where it is easily bumped. These were the assertions in a new group of lawsuits. GM's replacement of the switches is an "insufficient" remedy...

Companies that are selling reverse mortgages to elderly borrowers are now engaged in practices of swift foreclosures, sometimes days after the death of their customers, despite a federal regulations allowing heirs more time and also allowing them to pay 95% of the current fair market value of the property. The foreclosures are happening nationwide, according...

Study findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine, issued by the American Heart Association (AMA), the number of US adults eligible for statin therapy would increase by 12.8 million. This will be a boon for the pharmaceutical industry but some cardiologists including Steven Nissen at the Cleveland Clinic, the issue warrants closer...

Litigation finance is a growing business in which hedge funds and equity funds bankroll lawsuits and settlements to collect from the damage awards when paid. ΠOne U.S. hedge fund is betting more than $100 million that it can collect on a court judgment against Iran for a terrorist attack killing 241 American servicemen...

A new movement is pushing companies to adopt provisions which severely limit shareholders' abilities to protect their rights in the courtroom. This would require that shareholders, including pension fund shareholders to submit to arbitration on any clams they have involving their investments. Other clauses would impose complete bans on shareholders participating in class actions. Two...