Health Care

Lead Editor: Lisa Gough

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SmartBrief publishes more than 40 e-newsletters in health care, serving medical professionals such as family physicians, specialists and nurses, and exploring diverse topics such as medical devices, pharmaceuticals, insurance and health IT.

Calif. exchange takes shape with 13 insurers, rate estimates

5/24/2013

  • Wall Street Journal, The

Covered California's preliminary rate information and list of 13 participating insurers are shedding light on what the Affordable Care Act marketplace will look like. Exchange officials expect 2.3 mil… Read More

USDA issues final COOL rule; retaliatory tariffs feared

5/24/2013

  • FoodSafetyNews.com

The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a final rule Thursday that will mandate country-of-origin labeling for muscle cuts of beef. Mexico and Canada say this puts the U.S. out of compliance with th… Read More

NFL player supports Fuel Up to Play 60 at N.H. school

5/24/2013

  • Telegraph (Nashua, N.H.), The

Jermaine Wiggins, a former member of the New England Patriots, recently visited a high school in New Hampshire to congratulate the school for its participation in the Fuel Up to Play 60 program. Durin… Read More

Wireless, dissolvable circuits could kill bacteria
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130524-zapping-bacteria-the-wireless-way Professor John Rogers of the University of Illinois has created bio-absorbable electronic circuits which could be implanted ...
39 min 43 sec ago
It's about time we look closely at the true cost drivers of healthcare...
This was posted in LinkedIn by Dr. Arlen Meyers but well worth re-posting for the groups I participate in....
2 hours 2 min ago
Amazing mobile health video. This is the now, not the future. What will healthcare be like in five years?
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=r13uYs7jglg
8 hours 15 min ago
GREAT : WE SHOULD SAY FOR INVENTORS FOR A VERY BIG THANK YOU VERY MUCH ..............
14 hours 36 min ago