India just launched the largest health insurance scheme on the planet
The new insurance scheme -- dubbed "Modicare" -- will offer free medical services to 500 million citizens.
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Neanderthals were compassionate caregivers, researchers suggest
They took care of their community members without expecting anything in return.
Why the US spends so much on healthcare, but doesn’t get the benefits it should
There's a lot of bad news, but there's also some good news.
Want better, cheaper health care? Pay doctors a flat salary, not per procedure, behavioral economists say
Doctors? Having conflicts of interests? Can't be.
Some 90% of radiology services in the U.S. hospitals are outsourced. Moving health care overseas?
Photo credit: qbradiology.com Generally, you can view services like any other commodity and apply strict goods economics. So if the ...
Leveling global health within a generation could bring economic benefits 20 times the program’s cost
A new report made by a team of Harvard researchers proposes a set of measures aimed at leveling the health ...
Men’s height up 11 cm on average since the industrial age
A new study that surveyed through records of hundreds of thousands of men from 15 European countries found that the ...
Climate-change disasters cost $14 billion in casualties and health care
In the first study of its kind, a group of researchers have quantified the financial impact of climate-change infused natural ...
Obesity responsible for $147 billion in US health care costs
A recent study conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that obesity related disorders account for ...
No health care revolution in sight
Though we have to admit there are some small steps toward an improving in general health care, we've expressed our ...
Big Pharma Spends More On Advertising Than Research
A drug company is a commercial business whose focus is to research, develop, market and/or distribute drugs, most commonly in ...