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The industry lacks randomized controlled clinical trials that can clearly establish benefits and risks. Dan Shapiro was the first person I knew to use medical marijuana. As a junior at Vassar College in 1987, he was being treated for Hodgkin’s lymphoma with potent chemotherapy that caused severe nausea and vomiting. …

The coronavirus pandemic has devastated medical tourism, but pent-up demand remains for affordable treatment in foreign lands. On a cold February morning last year, as she lay curled up in a fetal position on her kitchen floor, Melissa Jackson called her manager at a New Jersey beauty salon to ask …

Kevin Nair and his team were servicing a large beauty service provider client in Malaysia with network VPN services when its owners began asking several times, “Do you know how to write a software to help us with operations?” While not something Kevin was doing at the time, he thought …

Chinese Traditional Medicine (TCM) store Eu Yan Sang is a household brand in Singapore with origins dating back to the 1800s. It is also one of the largest TCM groups in Asia, with over 210 retail outlets in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia and Singapore. Besides retailing Chinese medicine and …

A dentist at work in Manhattan in June. Dentists and other providers of medical care have had to increase their spending on personal protective gear; some have sought to pass these costs on to patients.Credit…Brittainy Newman for The New York Times The New York Times is investigating the costs associated …

WASHINGTON — When Dr. Sean P. Conley stepped in front of the cameras at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Saturday, he delivered a briefing that seemed intended less to inform the American public than to satisfy the public relations demands of a famous and famously demanding patient — …

Have a bill you want to share? Go straight to the form. Americans have been battling surprise coronavirus bills for nearly as long as they’ve been fighting the disease itself. I know this because I’m a reporter who has been writing articles about those bills since mid-February. My first focused …

Personal protection equipment (PPE) and medical devices such as respiratory machines and ventilators have become highly-coveted items since Covid-19 hit us earlier in the year. Countries worldwide faced a shortage of medical supplies, especially protective gowns and surgical masks. One business that played a huge role in ensuring Singapore has …

In recognition of healthcare professionals for their hard work and dedication during the Covid-19 pandemic, Qatar’s national carrier is offering 100,000 complimentary tickets on all Qatar Airways flights.  Medical workers are entitled to a pair of complimentary return Economy Class tickets — one for themselves and one for a companion — to anywhere on the …