Category: Health

Acadia Pharmaceuticals’ Alzheimer’s Data Raises Some Questions

However, the trial results do raise some important questions regarding the durability of Nuplazid’s benefit and the likelihood of a phase 3 success. Can Nuplazid deliver an important win for Acadia in this tough-to-treat disease? In this clip from The Motley Fool’s Industry Focus: Healthcare podcast, analyst Kristine Harjes is joined by contributor Todd Campbell to discuss the trial results and highlight what should be on investors’ minds as Acadia Pharmaceuticals preps for phase 3 studies.

Cheating Death Can Cost $200,000 as Cancer Tops Pharma Sales

Years before becoming a top cancer specialist, Eric Winer used to save money on his own medical care by talking U.S. pharmacists into giving him expired treatments for free. Winer, who has a bleeding disorder known as hemophilia, knew the drugs would still work for a brief time after the official use-by date.

Amgen Wins Ban on Sanofi’s Praluent Cholesterol Drug Sales

Amgen Inc. won a court ruling blocking rivals Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. from selling their cholesterol-lowering drug Praluent in the U.S. because it infringes Amgen’s patents covering a rival treatment. U.S. District Judge Sue Robinson in Delaware ordered Sanofi and Regeneron Thursday to halt Praluent sales for 12 years because the drug infringes patents on Amgen’s Repatha medication.

Amgen Wins Ban on Sanofi’s Praluent Cholesterol Drug Sales

Amgen Inc. won a court ruling blocking rivals Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. from selling their cholesterol-lowering drug Praluent in the U.S. because it infringes Amgen’s patents covering a rival treatment. U.S. District Judge Sue Robinson in Delaware ordered Sanofi and Regeneron to halt Praluent sales for 12 years because the drug infringes patents on Amgen’s Repatha medication.

Why Valero Energy, Ensign Group, and The Bancorp Slumped Today

Wednesday was another good day for the stock market, as major market benchmarks posted gains of between 0.25% and 1% to climb back within reach of new record levels. Many market participants focused on the release of the Federal Open Market Committee’s most recent meeting minutes, which didn’t have any major surprises that threatened the positive mood among investors.

Kitty litter helps Wyoming bentonite past drilling slump

The market for a peculiar type of clay is looking up thanks to improved prospects for oil and gas drilling and to cat owners who use the stuff to soak up their pets’ business. Over 90 percent of all bentonite mined in the U.S. and almost half worldwide comes from beds of ancient volcanic ash in Wyoming.

Read This Before You Take Medicare Benefits

If you’re getting close to 65, chances are you’re going to enroll in Medicare. While it’s common knowledge that Medicare is the United States’ health insurance program for retirees, many people don’t fully understand certain things about Medicare, such as when to enroll, how much it costs, what all the “parts” of Medicare are, and more.

Kitty litter helps Wyoming bentonite past drilling slump

The market for a peculiar type of clay is looking up thanks to improved prospects for oil and gas drilling and to cat owners who use the stuff to soak up their pets’ business. Over 90 percent of all bentonite mined in the U.S. and almost half worldwide comes from beds of ancient volcanic ash in Wyoming.

3 Myths About Marijuana Stocks

What do Hercules, Thor, centaurs, and marijuana stocks have in common? They’re all the subjects of myths. Most myths have at least a little bit of truth interspersed with a lot that is false.

1 Worsening Problem That Obamacare Simply Can’t Cure

Despite its many criticisms, the Affordable Care Act has arguably been the closest thing to universal healthcare that Americans have ever seen. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the uninsured rate in the U.S. fell from 16% in the quarter immediately preceding the implementation of the ACA, which is more affably known as Obamacare, to just 8.9% by mid-2016.

Medicare in 2017: 5 Numbers Everyone Should Know

When you decide to stop working, the odds are good that Medicare will be a critical part of your financial plan to cover your healthcare expenses. Medicare doesn’t cover all of your costs of staying healthy, but with most people becoming eligible for the program when they turn 65, joining the more than 56 million Americans who already get Medicare proves to be the best choice in most cases.

Seattle Genetics Plunges After Drug Studies Halted on Deaths

Seattle Genetics Inc. plunged the most in five years after U.S. regulators halted several early-stage blood cancer studies following the deaths of four patients who suffered from liver damage. The Food and Drug Administration halted the trials testing Seattle Genetics’s acute myeloid leukemia, or AML, therapy, called SGN-CD33A.

UnitedHealth Is on the Sidelines

Year to date, shares of UnitedHealth are up 39% after the stock rallied on the back of a Trump victory. After the election, the stock rallied sharply as investors piled into the stock anticipating the end of Obamacare and major tax reform.

Cancer patient donates years’ worth of pizza to food bank

A Pennsylvania man going through treatment for colon cancer won a pizza parlor’s raffle for a years’ worth of free pies and then donated his prize to a local food bank. Thirty-six-year-old Josh Katrick, of Northampton, had just completed his eighth round of chemotherapy when he learned that he was the winner of his favorite neighborhood restaurant’s contest.

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In less than a month, Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, and the clock will begin ticking on the Affordable Care Act’s likely demise. The ACA, which is more commonly known as Obamacare, has been a polarizing law since Day One.

Can You Pass This Medicare Quiz?

Social Security may seem to get all of the glory given that it puts money in seniors’ pockets on a monthly basis during retirement, but the importance of Medicare is growing. According to the Urban Institute, an average income male with $47,800 in earnings in 2015 dollars will receive more in estimated lifetime benefits from Medicare than Social Security if he turns 65 in the year 2055.

How Much Will Medicare Cost You in 2017?

Medicare covers more than 57 million Americans, providing the healthcare coverage they need. Every year, though, the cost of Medicare typically goes up, and the program passes through those increases to its participants in the form of higher premiums, deductibles, and other expenses.

What Happened in the Stock Market Today

Stocks rose on Friday ahead of a three-day weekend in observance of the holidays. The Dow Jones Industrial Average Biotech Synergy Pharmaceuticals, which specializes in gastrointestinal therapies, soared 22% after it announced positive clinical test results.

Boost Your Retirement Income With These 10 Tips

With fewer and fewer of us able to enjoy traditional pension income, it’s more important than ever that we plan for our future financial security and set ourselves up to receive sufficient income when we’re no longer working. Here are 10 ways you can boost your retirement income.

Reverse Mortgage Line of Credit Could Fund Long-Term Care

There’s a 70% chance that people over 65 will need some kind of long-term care, including services such as home care, assisted living and skilled nursing, according to government statistics . There are lots of ways to pay for long-term care services, including Medicare, Medicaid, traditional health insurance, long-term care insurance , life insurance and annuities.

Women really are better doctors, study suggests

If male doctors were able to do as well as their female counterparts when treating elderly patients in the hospital, they could save 32,000 lives a year, according to a study of 1.5 million hospital visits. A month after patients were hospitalized, there was a small, but significant difference in the likelihood that they were still alive or had to be readmitted to the hospital depending on the gender of the doctor who cared for them, according to the study published in JAMA Internal Medicine .

Yoga for Everyone

It’s time to roll out your yoga mat and discover the combination of physical and mental exercises that for thousands of years have hooked yoga practitioners around the globe. The beauty of yoga is that you don’t have to be a yogi or yogini to reap the benefits.

Americans’ 5 Big Fears About Retirement

If you’re among the millions of American workers worrying that retirement may fail to live up to your expectations, you’re not alone.A new study by Transamerica shows that American workers are wrestling with fearsinvolving financial security and health in retirement. If you have similar worries to the respondents to this survey,here are some ways to overcome them.

Covered California scrambles to restore fumbled tax credits

Nearly 10,000 Covered California policy holders have lost their federal tax credits – at least temporarily – due to a bookkeeping error by the state health insurance exchange. But Covered California is still trying to contact these individuals and families to fix the problem, and the agency promises to reinstate their tax credits retroactively if they give it permission to verify their income, said Covered California spokeswoman Lizelda Lopez.