A special anniversary; costs of Cuban medicine; herbs for immune system strength – Morning Medical Update

Happy skin-niversary!

Congratulations to Dermatology Times on its 45th anniversary! If you’re not familiar with this sister publication to Medical Economics, start here to learn more about 45 years of the science of skin, the largest organ of the human body.

Cuban cost of medicine

Pharmacy benefit managers are in the news a lot lately as patients, pharmacists, regulators and lawmakers scrutinize their business practices. Primary care physicians are not strangers to patient questions about costs of medicine. Serial entrepreneur Mark Cuban set out to make drugs, then sell them to patients at a reasonable profit. Check out this exclusive interview with Cuban, founder of the direct-to-consumer Cost Plus Drugs.

Habits and herbs

Doctors and nurses work around sick people. How do they avoid illness themselves? Here’s a refresher on healthy habits and herbs that physicians, other clinicians and patients can use to bolster the body’s own immune system.