Embarazadas reciben medicamento que no funciona, dice la FDA
Los bebés estadounidenses corren un mayor riesgo de morir antes de cumplir un año que los de casi cualquier otro país rico. Una razón importante de esas muertes, más de...
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How organ and tissue donation companies worked their way into the county morgue
As the Los Angeles Times has reported, dozens of death investigations across the country were complicated or upended when body parts were harvested before an autopsy. (Melody Petersen/Los Angeles Times)
Billionaire cancer doctor Patrick Soon-Shiong battles turbulence surrounding business interests
Said to be America's richest doctor, Los Angeles multibillionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong also is a medical entrepreneur, anti-cancer crusader, scientist, inventor, philanthropist, visionary, negotiator and a basketball nut. With his fortune...
Amid Obamacare uncertainty, insurance giant Humana plans to leave marketplaces in 2018
Humana Inc., one of the nation's largest health insurers, will stop selling Obamacare health plans next year, the company announced Tuesday. The move threatens to rattle jittery insurance markets and...
How four drug companies rapidly raised prices on lifesaving drugs
A U.S. Senate committee detailed in an investigative report Wednesday how drug companies were exploiting the market by acquiring decades-old crucial medicines and suddenly raising their prices astronomically. "We must...
Young doctors could work 28 hours straight under new plan, despite risks
The private group that oversees physician training in the United States has proposed rolling back rules so that young doctors just out of medical school can work shifts as long...
How free coupons for patients help drugmakers hike prices by 1,000%
Horizon Pharma charges more than $2,000 for a month's supply of a prescription pain reliever that is the combination of two cheap drugs available separately over the counter. Another company,...
Theranos seeks turnaround with portable blood tester; skepticism abounds
By Thursday, Theranos had scrubbed its website of its list of blood-testing "wellness centers" and the glowing reviews by patients praising its minimally invasive method. Also gone is nearly all...
Here’s why drug prices rise even when there’s plenty of competition
At least eight pharmaceutical companies sell a decades-old drug that treats gallstones, but the competition has done little to keep its price down. Instead the price has skyrocketed. Two years...
Startups selling new blood tests directly to consumers raise safety and accuracy concerns
The ads for the new blood test, dubbed "the cancer stethoscope," were designed to grab attention from even the healthiest Americans. "Did you know?" warned the colorful ads promoting the...