AFP News Agency
VOICED : Senegalese app fights medicine waste and fakes
Senegal is a country where many lack access to medicine and yet perfectly good drugs are going to waste
Bloomberg
MIT's Van Reenen: Brexit Part of Global Populist Uprising
Feb.08 -- MIT Professor of Applied Economics John Van Reenen and Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs discuss Brexit's place in the global uprising of populism and how the U.S. and U.K. can approach income inequality. They speak...
AFP News Agency
VOICED : US hospital cuts painkiller gateway to heroin addiction
VOICED : US hospital cuts painkiller gateway to heroin addiction
Bloomberg
VR Movies Could Be Coming Soon to a Hospital Near You
Aug. 29 - It's still a new and experimental approach but propenents of virtual reality say it can be an effective treatement for everything from chronic pain to Alzheimer's disease to arachnophobia to depression. Bloomberg Tech reporter...
Curated Video
President Trump Announces Medicare Requirements to Lower Drug Costs
One rule requires Medicare to compare U.S. drug prices with prices in other developed countries.
AFP News Agency
VOICED : America's endless battle against lethal drug fentanyl
Born from the overprescription of opioid painkillers the opioid crisis has cost America more than 400,000 lives from 1999 to 2018 according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Bloomberg
Summers Says Suspending the Gas Tax Is a Bad Idea
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers says suspending the federal gasoline tax is a bad idea. "We are plumbing the depths of new bad ideas with that one," Summers told David Westin on "Wall Street Week."
Curated Video
States ravaged by methamphetamine are fighting back by electronically tracking sales of cold and sinus pills containing pseudoephedrine. But an Associated Press analysis indicates the tracking laws may actually be making the problem worse.
HEADLINE:Tracking drug sales isn't stopping meth use
CAPTION: States ravaged by methamphetamine are fighting back by electronically tracking sales of cold and sinus pills containing pseudoephedrine. But an Associated Press analysis...
Curated Video
Super luxury caviar facials in Hollywood spas
California, US, September 15,2011
1. Close up of face with caviar wet mask and raw caviar on eyes
2. Close of beautician putting raw caviar on eyes
3. Mid shot of beautician putting caviar on face
4. Various of caviar jars and...
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Former sled dog racing champion denies doping dogs
The world's most famous sled dog race has become engulfed in a doping scandal involving a four-time champion's team of huskies, giving animal rights activists new ammunition in their campaign to end the grueling, 1,000-mile Iditarod.
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Press Association
Charity warns prescriptions to cost more than £10 in just four years
The cost of a single prescription will soar to more than £10 in just four years, a group of charities has warned. Quotes from Laura Cockram from Prescription Charges Colaition.
Bloomberg
Summers Disagrees with Krugman on Fed's Inflation Risk
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers says he disagrees with fellow economist Paul Krugman's argument that the Federal Reserve should bide its time before raising interest rates because inflation will prove transitory and...
Bloomberg
Japan Will Be Much Poorer This Time Next Year: Walker
Dec. 19 -- Asianomics Managing Director and Chief Economist Jim Walker discusses Indias economy, the prescription for an aging Japan and the hack attack against Sony with Bloomberg's David Ingles, Shery Ahn, Angie Lau and Rishaad Salamat...
Curated Video
Former Iditarod Champion Denies Doping Dogs
The world's most famous sled dog race has become engulfed in a doping scandal involving a four-time champion's team of huskies, giving animal rights activists new ammunition in their campaign to end the grueling, 1,000-mile Iditarod.
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Curated Video
Sanders introduces new 'Medicare for All' bill
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont unveiled a new version of his "Medicare for All" plan on Wednesday, shaking up the 2020 presidential election by reopening the debate over his call to eliminate private health insurance.
Press Association
Corbyn: Prescription charges to be scrapped under Labour
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, visits a pharmacy in Watford, promising that his party will address the funding gap in social care and take on pharmaceutical companies as part of plans to tackle health inequalities. Plans include...
Press Association
Jeremy Corbyn visits Watford pharmacy
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, visits a pharmacy in Watford, promising that his party will address the funding gap in social care and take on pharmaceutical companies as part of plans to tackle health inequalities. Plans iinclude...
Press Association
Mother pleads for ‘urgent assistance’ to obtain medicinal cannabis for daughter
A mother who was forced to sell her home in order to pay for life changing medicinal cannabis to treat her severely epileptic daughter protests outside Downing Street Elaine Levy, who is part of the campaign group End Our Pain, said many...
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Spiritual teacher and medical doctor Deepak Chopra said Saturday he had been concerned since 2005 that Michael Jackson was abusing prescription painkillers
HEADLINE: First Person: Chopra talks Jackson drug concerns
CAPTION: Spiritual teacher and medical doctor Deepak Chopra said Saturday he had been concerned since 2005 that Michael Jackson was abusing prescription painkillers. (June...
Curated Video
Former Iditarod Champion Denies Doping Dogs
The world's most famous sled dog race has become engulfed in a doping scandal involving a four-time champion's team of huskies, giving animal rights activists new ammunition in their campaign to end the grueling, 1,000-mile Iditarod.
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