For both health care and health care journalism, there’s something missing in the middle

December 19, 2018 Posted By Categories Joy Victory has been deputy managing editor of HealthNewsReview.org since 2016. She tweets as @thejoyvictory. In 2015, a few months before I started working at HealthNewsReview.org, Cosmopolitan magazine published my article, “Why are so many American women dying in childbirth?” Tired of women getting blamed for the problem, I… Read More »

Feds continue to refuse to make CBD legal without explicit FDA approval

(Photo: Adobe Stock) This week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reiterated that hemp-derived cannabidiol, also known as CBD oil, is illegal to add to food, beauty or health products without prior FDA approval, or to make health claims for CBD. Despite the big farm bill President Trump signed off on this week which designates… Read More »

You Are Not Alone: Dealing with Depression

Al Levin interviews blogger, podcaster and mental health advocate Robert Vore. February 3, 2019 by Al Levin Leave a Comment In this episode, Al interviews Robert Vore, blogger, podcaster, and mental health advocate. Robert shares many of the struggles he had throughout his life in dealing with depression. He describes how he built a support… Read More »

Iatric Systems buys Children's Hospital of Philadelphia spinoff Haystack Informatics

Iatric Systems, which itself was acquired by Harris Healthcare this past summer, has announced that it is purchasing Haystack Informatics, whose behavioral analytics offerings aim to help providers ensure patient privacy and optimize operations. WHY IT MATTERSIatric’s wide suite of offerings – security, interoperability, EHR optimization, medical device integration and more – are mostly geared… Read More »