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  • A 'Wall St' sign is seen above two 'One Way' signs in New York August 24, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

    Obamacare Decision Also a Win for Health Care Stocks

    By Alex Rosenberg, CNBC

    Hospital and medical equipment stocks are jumping on Thursday's Supreme Court decision to uphold federal subsidies under the Affordable Care Act. Plaintiffs in the case, King v. Burwell, argued that...

  • More over-the-counter sleep aids are bought than any other OTC drug, and 25 percent of us take a sleep med every year. Popular brands include Nytol, Benadryl, Sominex, Tylenol PM, Advil PM and Nyquil. In 2010 alone, more than 1 in 20 adults took prescribe

    Medicare Drug Program Still Plagued by Fraud

    By Charles Ornstein, ProPublica

    Fraud and abuse continue to dog Medicare's popular prescription drug program despite a bevy of initiatives launched to prevent them, according to two new reports by the inspector general of Health...

  • More over-the-counter sleep aids are bought than any other OTC drug, and 25 percent of us take a sleep med every year. Popular brands include Nytol, Benadryl, Sominex, Tylenol PM, Advil PM and Nyquil. In 2010 alone, more than 1 in 20 adults took prescribe

    Paying Too Much for Your Meds? Americans Blame Drug Companies

    By Rob Garver

    The vast majority of Americans believe that drug prices are unreasonably high, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Health Tracking Poll. They also know little or nothing about a pending...

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    This Bug Is Deadlier Than Humans – and a Costly Killer, Too

    By Millie Dent

    They can ruin your day at the beach, that perfect hike on a gorgeous summer afternoon or a long-planned camping trip, but mosquitoes also have a much larger impact — they’re actually the deadliest...

  • Your High Tech Surgery Can Be Hacked

    By Jennifer Langston-Washington, Futurity.org

    Like safety testers who crash cars with the goal of improving their safety, engineers have hacked a next-generation teleoperated surgical robot. The researchers hacked the robot—one used only for...