BEIJING (Reuters) – China has expanded a pilot drug bulk-buying program to almost the entire country in an attempt to negotiate lower prices from drug manufacturers, heaping fresh pressure on multinational pharmaceutical companies and their domestic rivals. The program rolled out last year saw 11 Chinese cities, including Beijing and Shanghai, band together behind a… Read More »
On a daily basis, we are told that ‘positivity begets positivity’ and if we stay perpetually and relentlessly sunny, everything will be A-OK kids! This week, positive thinking was validated further. A new study revealed optimists are more likely to live longer than those with a more negative approach to life. According to the US-based… Read More »
It’s 2019, and you can no longer throw an airbrushed model on a billboard and call it a beauty campaign. Spurned by a culture that’s redefining what beauty standards look like, more and more brands have decided to show “real people” in their advertisements. A groundbreaking new example: Skin-care brand Blume‘s Celebrate Skin campaign takes… Read More »
By Alice Klein We’ve found clues to explain why some people never get fatiprogressman/iStock/Getty They’re the lucky few: people who can eat as much as they like without gaining weight. A new study suggests they can do this because their fat cells burn energy differently – a finding that could lead to new obesity treatments.… Read More »