Medical errors still harm too many people—but there are glimpses of real change
In late November 1999, a TV producer called me about an alarming report that 44,000 to 98,000 Americans were being killed each year by preventable […]
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Technique targets cancer cells and leaves healthy ones alone
It is a feeling that many who receive a cancer diagnosis can identify with: heartbreak and fear, followed by hopes that chemotherapy will save the […]
Read moreThese memoirs show us the role women had in eradicating smallpox from India
Smallpox is one of the only diseases to have been eradicated by sustained human effort. But before it was eradicated in 1977, it claimed an […]
Read moreStudy: Minimum dose of hydromethylthionine could slow cognitive decline in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s
In a paper published in today’s online issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, TauRx has reported unexpected results of a pharmacokinetic analysis of the […]
Read moreChanges in pupils after asymptomatic high-acceleration head impacts indicate changes in brain function
Researchers from the University of Michigan found significant pupillary changes in high-school football athletes after they had sustained a high-acceleration head impact. The changes were […]
Read moreHIV: Overwhelming the enemy from the start
1.7 million. That’s how many people are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) each year worldwide. 1.7 million people who are condemned to lifelong […]
Read morePeople who qualify for Medicare due to disability account for most opioid-related deaths
New findings from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston show that patients qualifying for Medicare because of a disability have the highest rates […]
Read moreAt one health system, self-service portal now accounts for 28% of collections
Like many providers nationwide, Integris – the largest non-profit health system in Oklahoma – realized that its billing processes were not attuned to the economic […]
Read moreOMG! Tori Roloff Shares NSFW Details About Daughter Lilah's 1st Bath
Squeaky clean! Tori Roloff gave her newborn daughter, Lilah, her first bath on Monday, November 25. “She liked it so much she blew out her […]
Read moreScientists STOP triple negative breast cancer's spread in animal tests
Hope for triple negative breast cancer sufferers: Scientists STOP the aggressive disease from spreading in animal tests Triple negative breast cancer doesn’t respond to targeted […]
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