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Genetic Testing Company 23andMe Files for Bankruptcy

The HIPAA Journal

The direct-to-consumer genetic testing company 23andMe has announced it has entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy and has asked the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri to facilitate a sale to maximize the value of its business. 23andMe provides saliva-based DNA test kits to help customers identify and track their ancestry.

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The Cost of Health Care for a Family of 4 in America Will Reach $28,256 in 2021

Health Populi

But like a déjà vu all over again, annual health care costs for a family of four enrolled in a PPO will climb to over $28,000 in 2021, based on the latest 2021 Milliman Medical Index (MMI). Looking at Figure 3, the table on average person cost trends to 2021, we see that costs grow for every service category in 2021.

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I Am Afraid of Early Cancer Detection

Sensible Medicine

It’s been a few years since I first heard about the Galleri test produced by the Menlo Park startup Grail. Galleri is a blood-based screening test for cancer. For a couple of reasons, I didn’t work very hard to learn about the Galleri test. Second, I was worried that this test might have real promise.

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NCLEX to Be Changed as Fail Rates Climb

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in 2021, depriving the industry of thousands of potential providers. Experts estimate that about 20% of those who graduate from nursing school aren’t passing the test, which means they won’t be able to enter the nursing profession. The pass rate fell from 88.2% in 2019 to 82.5% The Next Gen NCLEX is set to launch on April 1.

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The Most Expensive Medical Condition Is Not What You Think

Forbes Healthcare

On the other hand, many people with back and neck pain receive X-rays and MRI tests, even when those tests are not helpful. In 2021 the budget for the national cancer institute (NCI) was over $7 billion. In addition, many receive surgery, and about half of those procedures are unnecessary.

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“Holy Grail” of Cancer Detection Can Predict Tumors Over a Year Before They Appear

Scrubs

A new cancer detection tool known as the “holy grail” of early detection is currently being tested in hospitals throughout the U.K., It is the first pan-cancer blood test, according to Ashish Tripathi, founder and CEO of Tzar Labs and chairman of Epigeneres Biotech, an Indian firm that first developed the test in 2021. “We

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Unproven healthcare will bankrupt America

Sensible Medicine

For instance, CAR-T was given to myeloma patients in 2014, but we only learned it can cause Parkinsonism in 2021. I am not aware of any drug being tested in the frontline of myeloma that is not already on the US market for relapsed disease. It can take several years for the full safety profile of drugs to be known.