Physician Killed in California Church Shooting Hailed as a Hero
A doctor’s devotion to helping others is being hailed as the ultimate sacrifice following the horrifically tragic shooting at a church in Laguna Woods, California, on Sunday afternoon. John Cheng, MD, 52, of South Coast Medical Group in Aliso Viejo, was attending a lunch banquet at the Geneva Presbyterian Church with his mother when a […]
AI helps design the perfect chickpea
A massive international research effort has led to development of a genetic model for the ‘ultimate’ chickpea, with the potential to lift crop yields by up to 12 per cent. The research consortium genetically mapped thousands of chickpea varieties, and the UQ team then used this information to identify the most valuable gene combinations using […]
Private Equity Is Ruining American Healthcare
For-profit insurance companies have long been regarded as the ultimate offenders in medical profiteering. However, they distract from the unscrupulous involvement of private equity (PE) in medicine, a similarly culpable and even more insidious economic titan. PE is a unique, unregulated investment platform with the objective of aggressively generating short-term revenue for the firm and […]