The drug-pricing problem no one wants to talk about
Some pharmaceutical companies are gaming the patent system to extend their monopoly, keeping prices high for patients. Amelie-Benoist…
Switzerland’s bitter-sweet news for Alzheimer’s patients
The latest Alzheimer’s drugs are viewed as breakthroughs but they aren’t able to halt the disease. Keystone Swiss…
Study: Living in a cold or hot home poses risk of depression
A new study has found that older people living in homes incapable of keeping out the cold or…
Chew on this: simple exercise could slash elderly care costs
Japanese snack company Lotte estimates that annual nursing care costs could drop by as much as 1.2 trillion yen…
Swiss researchers discover eight new frog species in Borneo
Even before they could be studied in detail, many of the new species were already endangered, the Bern…