Since the coronavirus pandemic began, Maria de Lourdes Alvarado has had to pick up extra or overtime shifts whenever she can, like millions of other essential workers outside of the health care field who are helping to maintain a sense of normalcy in their communities. And also like them, Alvarado is bearing the economic and […]
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Heart attacks in humans are the price of evolution
Heart attacks in humans are the price of evolution: Scientists blame genetic mutation that occurred three million years ago on soaring rates Humans are only animals to have heart attacks due to plaque in the arteries Mutation in the gene CMAH has left us unable to produce the molecule Neu5Gc ‘Knocking out’ CMAH in mice caused their arteries […]
Government announces ‘appalling’ 5% price hike of NHS dental treatment
Government announces ‘appalling’ price hike of NHS dental treatment meaning fillings will now cost £22.70 – five per cent more than last year A routine appointment to the dentist will soon cost £22.70, a rise in £1.10 The prices have risen by 30% in the past 8 years while funding has been cut Patients may […]
Novartis holds off on drug price hikes in US amid Trump pressure
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis said Wednesday it would not hike drug prices in the United States this year, following a similar decision by rival Pfizer amid pressure from the White House. “We don’t plan to take any further price increases in the United States for 2018,” Novartis chief executive Vas Narasimhan told journalists on an […]