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Income Inequality is Fostering Mis-Trust, the Edelman 2020 Trust Barometer Observes

Health Populi

The second chart comes from the study, quantifying global citizens’ trust levels by industry sector since 2012. In pharma and biotech, those “experts” would be scientists doing R&D and those folks who understand the data underneath the discoveries.

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Americans’ Trust in the Healthcare System Low Compared to Rest-of-World’s Health Citizens

Health Populi

Biotech is roughly tied for second place with consumer health, dropping also by 7 points. There’s another piece of math worth doing here: a chasm between biotech and pharma of 17 percentage points worth of trust — that is the difference between the 55% of American trusting biotech versus 38% trusting pharma.

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February 2024: selected Women’s Health updates

Digital Health Global

A Stanford University School of Medicine-led study shows why women are at greater risk of autoimmune disease and why it has gone unnoticed for a long time in research. Meanwhile, innovations like Hera Biotech’s non-invasive test and Ziwig Biotech’s saliva test offer hope for a quicker diagnosis.

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23andMe announces major Workforce Reduction amid Financial Struggles

Digital Health Global

These challenges underscore broader obstacles faced by biotech companies, especially those dealing with sensitive personal data and relying on one-time purchase business models. This risk brings concerns about the future of the genetic data it holds for millions of customers.

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Koneksa Announces Study with New York Proton Center to Collect Patient-Generated Health Data During Proton Radiotherapy in Lung Cancer

Digital Health Global

The study, led by principal investigator Nitin Ohri, M.D., This pilot study represents a critical step in leveraging digital health technology to enhance cancer treatment outcomes,” said John Wagner, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Koneksa. Chief Medical Officer, Koneksa. “By

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Americans’ Trust in U.S. Healthcare Lags Tech — and Women Are Particularly Cynical

Health Populi

In this study, the healthcare industry is comprised of five segments: hospitals and clinics; pharma; biotech (separate from pharma); consumer health (e.g., Pharmaceuticals garner the lowest score at 57, compared with biotech and life sciences at 64. over-the-counter medicines); and, health insurance.

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Wellness in 2023 Is About Connections, Mental Health and Science – Global Wellness Summit’s 2023 Trends

Health Populi

Whether looking at biotech beauty and what “clean” really means, effectively dealing with obesity, or biohacking our biology, wellness-engaged health citizens are not interesting in the shiny new thing without data backing up claims. Being Missourian in spirit and intent: seeking the science and the evidence.