What Is Echinacea? Echinacea is the name of a group of native North American flowering plants in the daisy family that was made use of as a herbal remedy by the Great Plains Indian tribes. There are nine species of Echinacea that are known of, but only 3 are made use of in herbal supplements,… Read More »
A team of researchers modeled the health and economic effects of healthy food prescriptions in Medicare and Medicaid. The study, published today in PLOS Medicine, finds that health insurance coverage to offset the cost of healthy food for Medicare and/or Medicaid participants would be highly cost effective after five years and improve health outcomes. “We… Read More »
For most of us, losing weight isn’t easy. We try to cut calories, eat more nutritiously, and work out, but life can get in the way. A couple of dinners out at restaurants, a few drinks at a party, or a coworker bringing in freshly baked cookies can blow all your efforts for the week.… Read More »
Carestream Health is selling its healthcare information systems line of imaging IT solutions to Philips. The Rochester, N.Y.-based company has reached an agreement, announced earlier today, to sell its enterprise imaging platform to the Netherlands-based company. Carestream will retain its medical imaging, dental and industrial films, non-destructive testing, and precision coating businesses, which are not… Read More »