Patients yearn for care experiences that are more convenient, personal and accessible. However, clinicians aren’t doing a great job of delivering this kind of care, according to a new report. The staffing crisis has put clinicians under a lot of pressure — they feel they often don’t have time to deliver adequate care of get effectively trained on how to use new technology.

Becton Dickinson is getting into pharmacies with a more than $1.5 billion acquisition of Parata Systems, maker of robotics technologies that automate pharmacy tasks. The deal comes two months after BD completed the spinoff of its diabetes business as a separate, publicly traded company.

Scientific innovation has the potential to provide two key components for advancing anti-aging research.

In the not-too-distant future, we may see the standards of care for many illnesses transformed from reactionary loss prevention — stopping the loss of the body’s function — to the regeneration of full functionality and health.