Medicine & Business

By David Green Last June, Andemarian T. Beyene, 36-year-old man with tracheal cancer received a special gift:  a brand new trachea, made from a synthetic ...

By Patricia A. Costante Every time I speak with physicians, I get the sense that they are feeling a loss of control and even a ...

By Michelle Andrews Medical tests can reveal critical information about a person’s health, but only if the results are communicated to clinicians and patients. Sometimes, ...

By Nicholas Gaudiosi I’ve thought for months about how to write this article and actually get my point across without sounding like a psychic, because ...

By Rebecca Roberts, Ph.D. Bisphenol A (BPA) is an environmental estrogen that can affect development and health by disrupting normal hormonal signaling.  Estrogen, working at ...

By Lucia Francesca Bruno, JD, LLM, MBA The proverbial statement, “You only get one bite at the apple” couldn’t be truer than when negotiating a ...

By Patricia A. Costante Thanks in part to the widespread attention of concussions among high-profile professional athletes, the medical community, many states and other groups ...

By Franklin Rooks Jr., PT, MBA, Esq.   Introduction Health savings accounts (HSA’s) were created under “The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of ...

Not all “own-occupation” definitions are the same, and understanding the subtle differences between each contract is critical to selecting the correct policy.

By Lynn Lucas-Fehm, MD, JD Most of us recall the literary character Dr. Watson who served as the steadfast confidant, supporter, physician and assistant to ...