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Half listening to the television I heard we spend more on state lotteries than movies, books, video, and music.

Scientists and lawyers do not get along. There's a reason for that. Simply put, scientists and lawyers do not think alike.

Value-based healthcare is the refrain for all the stakeholders, patients and their advocacy groups, physicians and their societies, payers both insurance and government. We must replace payment for volume or procedures with payment for value.

Bad boys, bad boys  What'cha gonna do? What'cha gonna do when they come for you?

 I'm not feeling a lot of love for Amazon right now. Used to be a great company. You could buy anything that your heart desired, and the next thing you know, it's right at your door.

ACSH is in the business of promoting evidence-based science and debunking junk science. That rubs some people the wrong way.

Everyone makes mistakes. Sometimes, it is easy to make the same mistake twice. But, eight times? That's a different story. 

The appearance of FDA-approved gene therapies in the arsenal of disease treatments is at the top of the list of exciting health and science advances of 2017. 

JAMA Internal Medicine published a sad, unsurprising study regarding hemodialysis (dialysis) in undocumented immigrants.

Once upon a time, a corporate grant was the ultimate status symbol for a university scholar. Companies don't spend money foolishly and a corporate grant was a sign that you were esteemed in your field.