Rock Health Startups Whipping Healthcare Industry Into Shape

Rock Health startups whipping healthcare industry into shape

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At the center of these operations is Rock Health, a startup accelerator dedicated to the intersection of healthcare and technology. … The company is currently awaiting the results of a research trial with the University of Pennsylvania about how the …
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Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us

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When Sean Recchi, a 42-year-old from Lancaster, Ohio, was told last March that he had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, his wife Stephanie knew she had to get him to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Stephanie's father … Stephanie was then told by a …
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Developing new medicine to treat a rare, but deadly condition

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Physicians Emma A. Meagher (left), Marina Cuchel and Dan Rader, in the blood testing lab at Penn. Their work has led to a new treatment for a rare cholesterol ailment. … The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved lomitapide (brand name Juxtapid …
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Reuters Health News Summary

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PA>, the companies said on Friday. The new vaccine … The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the findings underscore the need for more effective weapons in the fight against influenza, which kills between 3,000 and 50,000 people in …
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