Can psilocybin help ease existential despair in patients with advanced cancer? Researchers hope to find out.
A new study in Colorado is attempting to determine definitively whether psychedelics help at least some patients suffering from…
Healthcare-staffing startup Nomad Health just slashed its workforce for the second time this year
Nomad Health, a healthcare staffing firm, has reduced its workforce for the second time this year, as high inflation…
Crohn’s disease and colitis: Advocates strive to raise awareness, break stigma for ‘invisible’ illnesses
Michelle Harvey of Vista planned to return home the next day after packing an overnight bag for her son’s…
Medicare enrollees can switch coverage now. Here’s what’s new and what to consider
Beneficiaries should examine their current coverage because plans may have changed, experts say. When stores start selling Halloween candy…
Bipolar disorder is little researched, but doctors at Johns Hopkins aim to change that
Charita Cole Brown’s doctors told her parents that she might not be able to care for herself two months…
2 General Catalyst health-data startups are joining forces to create a $6 billion AI colossus and lay the groundwork for an IPO
Commure and Athelas, both General Catalyst-backed startups, are joining forces to bring more artificial-intelligence technology to hospitals and health…
Hinge Health is shooting for profitability i 2024 as the physical-therapy startup prepares for an IPO
Hinge Health CEO Daniel Perez told Reuters in January 2021 that the startup hoped to go public in 2022…
Humana just tapped an Envision exec to be its next CEO as the insurance giant pushes deeper into clinics and home care
Humana CEO Bruce Broussard will step down next year after more than a decade leading the health-insurance giant. The…
Feds rein in use of predictive software that limits care for Medicare Advantage patients
Judith Sullivan was recovering from major surgery in a Connecticut nursing home in March when her Medicare Advantage plan…
Feds hope to cut sepsis deaths by hitching Medicare payments to treatment stats
Don Smith recalls waking up in an intensive care unit after 13 days in a medically induced coma. His…