Progyny Dips Into Menopause Support

Progyny Dips Into Menopause Support

Just about every woman goes through menopause in their life. Yet, less than one in five OB/GYNs receive formal training in menopause care, creating a massive gap in support. Progyny hopes to fill this gap by launching a menopause offering for employers. The New York City-based benefits management company has traditionally specialized in fertility and … Read more

Emergency Dialysis: A Crutch for Fee-For-Service Healthcare

Emergency Dialysis: A Crutch for Fee-For-Service Healthcare

Of the roughly 780,000 Americans who live with end-stage kidney disease, 71% are on some form of dialysis. Dialysis can provide an effective life-sustaining treatment for many with kidney failure, but it is not the best option for most. First, there’s the commute to a nephrology clinic or dialysis center, which for patients in rural … Read more

Newly Public Allurion Aims to Show How Med Tech Can Complement Obesity Drugs

Newly Public Allurion Aims to Show How Med Tech Can Complement Obesity Drugs

The market is buzzing with demand for obesity pills, but Allurion Technologies is building a case that its weight loss platform—a medical device and software—is a worthy competitor to these drugs and perhaps even a companion to them. The company made debuted on the stock market debut Wednesday, raising $100 million to support commercialization of … Read more

3 Trends Impacting How Patients Pay For Healthcare

3 Trends Impacting How Patients Pay For Healthcare

Hospitals, and especially nonprofit hospitals, have a duty of care to their communities, but their ability to provide that care hinges on their ability to generate revenue – chiefly in the form of patient and insurer payments. But that model is growing more difficult as the commercially insured population ages into Medicare and those with employer-sponsored … Read more

Alors qu’un programme de recherche pionnier est lancé pour déterminer comment les gènes des enfants déterminent leur santé physique et mentale, DR. XAND VAN TULLEKEN explique comment vos tout-petits peuvent devenir des héros simplement en crachant dans un tube à essai.

Alors qu’un programme de recherche pionnier est lancé pour déterminer comment les gènes des enfants déterminent leur santé physique et mentale, DR.  XAND VAN TULLEKEN explique comment vos tout-petits peuvent devenir des héros simplement en crachant dans un tube à essai.

Votre famille aimerait-elle aider à faire une histoire médicale et changer la vie de millions de personnes pour le mieux ? Aujourd’hui, NIHR BioResource, basé aux hôpitaux universitaires de Cambridge, lance le premier programme de recherche national au monde sur la façon dont les gènes des enfants déterminent leur santé physique et mentale, et j’appelle des … Read more