Getting the prescriptions drugs required to manage or eradicate pain or ongoing illnesses is vital to improving overall healthcare. But accessing these pills aren’t always easy or cost-effective for patients. Thanks to intermediaries, supply chains and pharmaceutical monopolies that hamper competition, access to cost-effective prescription drugs is a challenge. That’s why Amazon’s recent acquisition of […]

Faced with shortages of essential drugs and rising prices, some hospital systems are taking a revolutionary and proactive approach. They are beginning to manufacture their own generic versions of popular prescription medications, ensuring that patients always have access to the drugs they need.     According to Dr. Marc Harrison, chief executive of Intermountain Healthcare, […]

A recent report claims that heroin deaths increased by 533 percent between 2002 and 2016. The number of heroin users also increased, rising from 404,000 in 2002 to almost a million in 2016. This terrifying rise in heroin usage and deaths summarizes the opioid epidemic that is sweeping across the United States.     Heroin […]