This is a guest post by Patricia Dean-Escoto, a nutrition coach and consultant who learned, in her own cancer journey, the impact of food on cancer prevention – she’s got a new Android app, My Breast Cancer Advocate, that’s available in the
Myriad finds a myriad of ways to be total trolls
Updated Dec. 22, 2013: adds reference to Myriad’s action on DNA data as company trade secrets As the author of a rabble-rousing call to action, with a heavy dose of humor, on managing medical care called Cancer for Christmas, I have
“How much is that?” is a critical question in healthcare
This story from PBS Newshour clearly shows how important it is to ask questions, and shop around, when it comes to prescription drug prices. Think a generic drug guarantees a lower price? Not so much. Watch this story, and learn
MedX: Persistence of vision
The firehose of amazeballs ideas and connections that was Stanford MedicineX is now over two weeks back in my rear-view mirror. That does not mean that my head has not been on fire ever since, chewing on all the data
We pay more. We get less. That’s US healthcare costs in a nutshell.
John Green of vlogbrothers breaks down why healthcare costs in the US are so crazy. (Hey, John – I feel dizzy, too!)
