Trump signed a bill lowering medical costs.

“If there’s anything bipartisan, it’s lowering drug prices,” Trump said, adding that signing the bill representing him delivering on his healthcare promises. The first measure applies to people who are covered by private health insurance and goes into effect immediately. …

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The Mormon Church came out HARD against Utah’s medical marijuana initiative. Last week, MormonLeaks leaked a doc proving the church owns nearly a billion in big pharma stocks.

by relevantlife That’s right, it likely had nothing to do with religion & everything to do with $$$. Here is the LEAK that I based this reporting off of. Also, here is an article about the leak. CELG – 347 million in shares, JNJ – 490 …

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Medical Industrial Complex

by Grover I just watched this 60 minutes segment https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-problem-with-prescription-drug-prices/ that started with a problem in Rockford, Illinois. Rockford self insures medical expenses for their 1,000 employees and dependents. Because of drug prices (astronomical) increase on one drug in particular (Acthar,) it caused …

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Could Medical Cannabis Break the Painkiller Epidemic – A body of research suggests yes, but scientists are having to fight red tape to study whether medical marijuana could substitute for opioid drugs

Bachhuber’s research could not prove that medical cannabis use directly led to fewer opioid overdoses. In addition, the overdose count included both prescription opioids and illegal heroin. But the study opened the eyes of many researchers to a possible relation …

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Medical Device Firm Boosts Quarterly Revenue 50% YOY

Source: Streetwise Reports   01/31/2018 A Maxim Group report noted the recently announced revenue achieved and anticipated by this producer of cancer treatment devices. In a Jan 24 research report, Jason Kolbert, a Maxim Group analyst, indicated that IsoRay Inc.’s (ISR:NYSE.MKT) preliminary Q2 FY18 revenues …

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