CVS Health reported $1 billion in second quarter net income as the company begins to get a handle on the health benefit costs that have dogged its Aetna health insurance business as well as industry rivals, the company said Thursday, July 31,…
Category: 5. Health
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How A 60-Year-Old Drug Developer Built A $4.4 Billion Biotech Treating ‘Butterfly Skin Disease’
Longtime drug developer Suma Krishnan was 51 when she cofounded Krystal Biotech. Now the company has one gene therapy on the market and more in the works.
By Amy Feldman, Forbes Staff
Longtime drug developer Suma Krishnan was in her late-40s…
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How AI And Mini-Organs Could Replace Testing Drugs On Animals
Congress and the FDA are pushing pharmaceutical companies to replace animals with technology for drug research. That’s a long way off, but startups and industry stalwarts are working to make it happen.
At Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas…
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Cigna Profits Hit $1.5 Billion Despite Higher Costs
The Cigna Group reported a second quarter profit of $1.5 billion as its Evernorth health service business performs well and despite rising costs in its employer health benefits business, the company said July 31, 2025. Pictured here is the Cigna…
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Fat melts away—but so does muscle: What Ozempic users need to know
Popular GLP-1 drugs help many people drop tremendous amounts of weight, but the drugs fail to provide a key improvement in heart and lung function essential for long-term good health, University of Virginia experts warn in a new paper.
The…
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Max-dose statins save lives—here’s why doctors are starting strong
There is broad consensus that the overall body of evidence shows lowering LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol provides both statistically significant and clinically meaningful benefits in treating and preventing cardiovascular disease….
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Why cold feels good: Scientists uncover the chill pathway
Researchers at the University of Michigan have illuminated a complete sensory pathway showing how the skin communicates the temperature of its surroundings to the brain.
This discovery, believed to be the first of its kind, reveals that cool…
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Thousands Of Microplastics Floating In Your Home And Car Are Slowly Damaging Your Lungs: Study
LONDON,ENGLAND – March 2025: In this photo illustration, fragments of plastic on fingers England. (Photo by Peter Dazeley/Getty Images)
Peter Dazeley
While we live in the Plastics Age, and it may no longer be a huge surprise that we are constantly…
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Trump’s EU Tariff Deal Will Add $13 Billion To Drug Costs
In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at the impact of Trump’s tariffs on drugs made in Europe, Halle Berry’s menopause startup, Ambience Healthcare’s $243 million fundraise, and more. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here.
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A molecule produced by gut microbes may help spur heart disease
A small molecule left over after gut microbes finish digesting your meal may one day provide a new angle for managing cardiovascular disease.
Certain gut microbes break down the amino acid histidine, one of the building blocks of…
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