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Opinion: Independent doctors like me are becoming an endangered species

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My four-doctor gastroenterology practice came under severe stress in 2007 due to catastrophic fee schedule cuts from our two largest payers. Today, nearly  three in four physicians  are employees of larger health care entities or other corporations — a record high. Read the rest…

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Hank Green on his ‘P **g Out Cancer’ comedy special, ulcerative colitis, and the jokes that got cut

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The counter resets often — the multi-hyphenate internet educator and science communicator rose to prominence with his 2007 YouTube project Vlogbrothers , which he founded with his brother, the novelist-turned- tuberculosis-fighter John Green. Free, educational YouTube channels Crash Course , SciShow , and Study Hall followed.

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STAT+: Ohio court sides with CVS, Walmart, and Walgreens in opioid case

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In explaining the decision , the court maintained that a state product liability law, which had been amended in 2007, superseded the nuisance claims. In a 5-to-2 vote, the court determined that the law barred two Ohio counties from obtaining a $650.9 million judgement that was won in a federal court against CVS Health, Walgreens, and Walmart.

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STAT+: A ‘renaissance in neuroscience’ could deliver a fresh crop of psychiatric medicines

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“The mindset of Big Pharma in those days was one pill for millions and millions of people,” said John LaMattina, who led Pfizer’s research division from 1999 to 2007. “Everyone was looking for the next Lipitor, and when that fizzled out, there was an exodus out of psychotherapeutic areas.”

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STAT+: Can Anne Wojcicki save 23andMe?

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But I still remember the first moment I met 23andMe CEO and co-founder Anne Wojcicki in 2007. Usually, introductory meetings with startup executives are perfunctory and fade to irrelevance within an hour.

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STAT+: Behind CVS CEO’s ouster, a question: Do a pharmacy and a health insurer make sense together?

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had already been moving beyond retail since its 2007 deal for pharmacy benefit manager Caremark. That has been the existential question for CVS Health for six years, since its $70 billion acquisition of the massive insurer Aetna. The biggest pharmacy chain in the U.S.

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Opinion: The lab leak conversation shows it’s time to rethink our biosecurity infrastructure, not just policies

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Then, from 2007 , there was new attention paid to dual use research, or experiments that could both benefit and harm society, agriculture, or the environment. Read the rest…

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