Morning Break: Watson at the VA; Pelvic Infection Rampage; Butter Not So Bad?


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Price increases for top-selling drugs vastly outpace inflation. (Bloomberg)

IBM struck a deal with the VA to use the firm's Watson supercomputer to aid in cancer treatment for up to 10,000 patients. (A Smarter Planet)

"I had become a victim of the machine of medicine," a doctor writes on how he began recovery from burnout. (STAT News)

Healthcare administrators: friend or foe? (Forbes)

Shire said its novel ADHD drug SHP465 met its endpoints in a late-stage trial, paving the way for approval next year. (Reuters)

What fruit flies reveal about human sleep. (STAT News)

More on the NYU psychotropic drug trial scandal. (Discover)

Everyone's talking about Zika, but there's a drug-resistant pelvic infection on a rampage across the globe. (Washington Post)

Which is healthier: low-fat turkey meat or butter? (TIME)

How does your brain create vision? (Scientific American)

The University of Illinois Chicago hospital now offers ER "frequent fliers" free housing. (NPR)

Can the world's largest mosquito factory find a way to fight Zika? (The Atlantic)

And the NIAID has begun what could be a very long-term study of how long Zika virus persists in men's semen. (Reuters)

An ocular implant that changes the cornea's shape to correct presbyopia won FDA approval Wednesday.



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