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Can Science & Spirituality Be Bridged? Dr. Lenore Matthew Says Yes!

As grief takes varied forms in individual experiences, experts like Dr. Lenore Matthew are stepping forward to reshape the landscape of grief healing.


Walgreens to Open a New Pharmacy Offering Cell and Gene Therapies to Patients With Chronic Diseases Like Cancer

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. is opening a new pharmacy offering cell and gene therapies for patients with cancer, cystic fibrosis, and Crohn's disease...

Senate Begins Inquiry Into Why Ozempic and Wegovy Are So Expensive in the US

Novo Nordisk's Ozempic and Wegovy, two popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs, are pricey in the US, sparking a Senate probe...

Canada's Justin Trudeau Dismisses Doctors' Plea to Reconsider Capital Gains Tax Increase

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has dismissed a plea from doctors to reconsider his government's proposal to raise the capital gains tax...


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Investors are rushing into China's booming healthcare business, helping M&A deal values surpass those of the hot Internet sector, as the country prepares to cater to hundreds of millions of elderly pa
U.S. government releases draft plan for electronic health data
The Obama administration on Friday proposed a plan to move most doctors, hospitals and their patients to national standards for handling electronic clinical data by the end of 2017.
U.S. says 7.3 million choose Obamacare health plans in federal market
The Obama administration on Wednesday said that 7.3 million people have selected 2015 healthcare plans as of Jan. 23, through the federal insurance marketplace set up under the law known as Obamacare.
U.S. government unveils goal to move Medicare away from fee-for-service
The Obama administration on Monday unveiled an ambitious plan to control health costs by moving the $2.9 trillion U.S. health systems away from costly fee-for-service medicine, beginning with the Medi
More unit IPOs an option for evolving GlaxoSmithKline
GlaxoSmithKline could consider more partial public share offerings for component units as it evolves in the coming years, potentially pointing to a break-up of the group if this offers value to shareh
Boehringer Ingelheim may sell U.S. generic unit
German drugmaker Boehringer Ingelheim is considering the sale of its U.S. generics unit Roxane Labs for as much as 2 billion euros ($2.36 billion), Bloomberg said, citing people with knowledge of the
Fitness software firm Mindbody selects banks for IPO
Mindbody, a company that makes software to help run fitness and yoga studios, has selected banks for a potential initial public offering that could value it at more than $700 million, according to peo
Aspen, Cipla win share of $860 million South Africa AIDS drug tender
South Africa will spend 10 billion rand ($860 million) between 2015 and 2017 on life-prolonging HIV/AIDS treatment drugs, health authorities said on Wednesday, as studies show the prevalence of the vi
AstraZeneca CEO says new Pfizer bid unlikely
U.S. Pfizer is unlikely to come back with a fresh bid for AstraZeneca, the Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals group's top executive was quoted as saying by Swedish business daily Dagens Industri on Saturda
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