Are doctors and patients ready for home health monitoring?

Jun 1, 2017
There's lots of optimism as manufacturers crank out medical devices, but no one knows if the approach will save money.
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Mayo Clinic's hometown looks to become the 'Silicon Valley of medicine'

Feb 14, 2017
Rochester, Minnesota, has a $6.5 billion 20-year development plan to compete for top talent and spur innovation.
The Mayo Clinic, located in downtown Rochester, Minnesota, is part of an effort to spur innovation and economic development.
Jerry Olson

Where data and drugs intersect

Nov 13, 2015
Lizzie recorded this conversation onstage at the Fast Company Innovation Festival.

Keeping medical IV’s safe

Sep 16, 2015
'The battle is that technology moves a lot faster than the agencies do.'

How the cost of a drug impacts the placebo effect

Mar 3, 2015
A recent study suggests telling patients a drug is expensive enhances the effect.

We really are living in the (medical) future

Jul 28, 2014
Dr. Goel is trying to do for medicine what Google did for information technology.

Specialty drugs could fuel health care inflation

Jun 24, 2014
Why health care spending is projected to accelerate in 2015.

For public good, not for profit.

An ancient animal's blood is a modern medical miracle

Jun 17, 2014
The horseshoe crab's blue-colored blood is critical to modern medicine.
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FTC cracks down on weight-loss products

Jan 8, 2014
The Washington Post’s Lydia DePillis explains the deceptive advertising around weight-loss drugs.

FreedomPop launches free WiFi beta, and "transient electronics"

Oct 1, 2012
A new service called FreedomPop hopes to go up against AT&T and Verizon, and a new kind of dissolve-able circuit that could change the field of medicine.