Pairing health data with human stories can realize data’s full potential
Photo by HIMSS Media Disruption in healthcare has been a long time coming, and for many organizations, the COVID-19 pandemic acted as the catalyst to adopt innovative technologies. For instance, even some of the most cutting-edge health systems only had…
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Can we defeat the long Covid epidemic too?
So can we defeat the long Covid epidemic too? As the numbers affected soar to two million in England alone — and the list of symptoms it causes multiplies — we reveal how an army of scientists is going into…
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Physicians likelier to test for conditions already seen in recent patients
Emergency department physicians who saw patients with a pulmonary embolism—a blood clot in the lung—were about 15% likelier over the next 10 days to test subsequent patients for the same thing. Rules of thumb, also known as heuristics, could influence…
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This Is What You Should Know About 5-HTP Supplements
When taking natural supplements, you’ll likely find ones that work in tandem with your endocrine system. 5-HTP is one such medicine that impacts your serotonin levels and thus offers a variety of different treatments. 5-Hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) is an amino acid…
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Building lasting tele-behavioral health programs to address patient needs
Telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic has allowed many patients – especially those in under-resourced areas – unprecedented access to behavioral healthcare. But as Michael Hasselberg, senior director of digital health at the University of Rochester, discussed with Cleveland Clinic…
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Starving the bacterium that causes pneumonia
The invitations, decorations, candles and the cake – there’s a lot to remember when you organise a birthday party for a five-year-old. One thing we thankfully take for granted in Australia is that our five-year-olds reach this milestone at all….
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Antibiotic resistance: Alternating between drugs not the answer
Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is a major global health issue. Researchers have found that as some bacteria develop resistance to one antibiotic, they can develop sensitivity to another at the same time. Switching between these antibiotics may be one way…
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New protocol to improve the detection of viruses in blood samples from healthy people
The Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), a joint center of the University of Valencia and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), has developed a procedure that increases the sensitivity to detect viruses in blood samples from healthy people, in…
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Parental Guidance: Olympics 2020 offered many ‘teachable’ moments
If you want to inculcate compassion, acceptance and kindness, look to the sporting world for heart-warming human stories. By Geetika Sasan Bhandari Research consistently shows that one way in which long-term learning can take place is when children make links…
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The Rock Just Shared a Look at His \u2018Intense\u2019 Arm Day Workout Finisher
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has spent the last year training harder than ever before while packing on even more muscle to play the physically demanding lead role in DC’s Black Adam. He recently described his superhero transformation as the “hardest…
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