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Another Legislative Attempt to Revive Gene Patenting

Bill of Health

One hundred sixty civil rights, medical, scientific, patient advocacy, and women’s health organizations opposed the Coons-Tillis bill, arguing that if it were enacted, “Patients will again be at risk of lacking access to information about their genes, about their very selves. Myriad and Gene Patenting.

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Heart Health at #CES2019 – Food and Tech as Medicine

Health Populi

With my public health hat on, I assert that smoking cessation is good for everyone (except perhaps for tobacco companies’ bottom lines). As I will be discussing during an hour-long session on retail health during the Digital Health Summit on Wednesday 9th January, the patient has morphed into a consumer, now payor, in America.

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