After being let go from her retailing job, Heidi Rasmussen joined her husband to launch the health discount card freshbenies. At age 15, Heidi Rasmussen began working in retailing, at
American health care may be a mess, but many founders clamor to fix it. Among them: physician Rushika Fernandopulle, whose Boston-based company, Iora, reworks the primary care experience. Iora charges
A small team of drug industry veterans in Grafton, MA, has launched a nonprofit startup to make affordable generic medicines to treat critical diseases. “We want to create a competitor
The Human Animal Bond Research Initiative (HABRI) Foundation today announced the findings of a new economic study on the healthcare cost savings associated with pet ownership. The economic analysis, conducted
What I should have done was open my fingers a little bit more. So, I was playing football a couple months ago with some friends. Halfway through the game a
Growing up in India, Suyog Mody was always one call away from a doctor. When Mody wasnt feeling well, his parents would run his symptoms by his aunt or uncle,
Doctors at the Cleveland Clinic say that sudden price hikes on just two generic drugs Isuprel and Nitropresssold by Valeant Pharmaceuticals have increased the health system’s total drug costs by
Healthcare spending rose to more than $3 trillion in the United States last year, jumping by 5.3 percent and marking the largest increase since 2007 as millions of people gained
When fighting a certain illness, what kind of medicine are you going to buy? Will you go for a branded one? Will you go for the cheaper generic alternative? There
A study from Mercer Health & Benefits LLC shows that Florida employers are expecting to pay more for health care coverage in 2016. Specifically, 99 large and small companies in
