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  • VC’s Are Flocking to Healthcare Startups

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    The healthcare services industry is ripe for disruption. The introduction of the Affordable Care Act and the increasing affordability of technology are bolstering dramatic changes in this more than $7.2 trillion industry, the likes of which we haven’t seen since 1965 when President Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law. And venture…

  • House Speaker Ryan wants Obamacare replacement, welfare cuts

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    By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday that Republicans next year will unveil a plan to replace Obamacare in its entirety, as part of a “pro-growth” agenda that he believes should also include cutting welfare programs and taxes. Ryan said even if President Barack Obama will not sign them…

  • What I Learned From Being Stuck in a Foreign Country

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    I'm going home next week after six years abroad. Two long-haul flights, five airports, fifty hours travel time. Before I cornered myself in Brazil, I worked in the luxury service industry in Australia. So that makes me a hooker, or yoga and meditation teacher at a six star spa resort, right? I moved to Brazil…

  • Premenstrual syndrome may be linked to high blood pressure

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    By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – Women who experience moderate to severe premenstrual syndrome (PMS) are significantly more likely than others to develop high blood pressure over the next 20 years, according to a new U.S. study. PMS had not been linked to high blood pressure before, but they share many risk factors and likely…