Connected healthcare is transforming hospitals: Here's how
Healthcare is a paradox. At one level it’s intensely personal: think of a doctor or nurse giving good news – or bad – to a patient’s family. But on another level it’s pure data: from the same patient’s vital signs,…
Read MoreThe Real Reasons Women of Color Lack Access to Health Care
Just as many health issues affect women more or more severely than men — breast cancer, death from heart attacks and osteoarthritis to name a few — there are conditions and illnesses that plague women of color more regularly and…
Read MoreVaccines: How we make them, how they work, why we need them
Between the coughing, sneezing, stuffy noses and watery eyes, it’s clear that we’re in the midst of cold and flu season, which serves as an annual reminder of the critical role vaccines play in the fight against the spread of…
Read MoreDespite virus rout on markets, hygiene firms clean up
This week’s virus-related markets slump has hammered companies worldwide but some winners have emerged as an anxious public clamours for face masks, hand sanitizers and cleaning products. Thermal imaging cameras are also proving hot as authorities step up monitoring for…
Read MoreTokyo Summer Games Still Happening Despite Coronavirus Outbreak
Following the cancelation of several large-scale sporting and entertainment events as a result of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) held a press conference on Tuesday to confirm that the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games will still go…
Read MoreOh my aching back: Do yoga, tai chi or qigong help?
It’s a pain. About 80 percent of adults in the United States will experience lower back pain at some point. Treating back pain typically involves medication, including opioids, surgery, therapy and self-care options. Efforts to reduce opioid use and increase…
Read MoreChina reports 52 more virus deaths, lowest in 3 weeks
Credit: CC0 Public Domain China on Wednesday reported 52 new coronavirus deaths, the lowest figure in more than three weeks, bringing the death toll to 2,715. All the new deaths were in the outbreak epicentre Hubei province, which accounted for…
Read MoreDanger of burns! Pfizer recalls thermacare heat pads
The manufacturer, Pfizer recalls two batches of its thermacare heat envelopes. It cannot be excluded that occasionally envelopes are leaking due to a manufacturing defect. This is an increased injury risk perhaps. As the Portal "product warning.eu" citing a company…
Read MoreRadiologists describe coronavirus imaging features
In a special report published today in the journal Radiology, researchers describe CT imaging features that aid in the early detection and diagnosis of Wuhan coronavirus. “Early disease recognition is important not only for prompt implementation of treatment, but also…
Read MoreBlood test can predict clinical response to immunotherapy in metastatic NSCLC
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with higher measures of tumor mutations that show up in a blood test generally have a better clinical response to PD-1-based immunotherapy treatments than patients with a lower measure of mutations. A clinical trial…
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