Category: 4. Health

A human case of New World screwworm myiasis in the U.S. has been confirmed by officials from the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The NWS infestation was identified in a Maryland resident who had recently returned from El Salvador. This person has since recovered,…

Physicians are paid 33.6% less for treating Medicare patients than a decade ago thanks to reimbursement cuts coupled by rising practice expenses, according to a report from Omniscient Health, a healthcare data science, research and consulting…

The study was recently published in Advanced Healthcare Materials, a peer-reviewed scientific journal.

According to the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center, more than 300,000 people in the United States suffer from spinal cord injuries, yet there is no way to…

Due to their properties, indoles have gained attention as a backbone for synthesizing a wide variety of drugs. Since 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has…

Routine x-rays aren’t recommended to diagnose the condition. Instead, GPs can make a diagnosis based on symptoms and medical history.

Yet nearly half of new patients with knee osteoarthritis who visit a GP in Australia are referred for imaging. Osteoarthritis imaging costs the health system A$104.7 million each year.

Our new study shows using x-rays to diagnose knee osteoarthritis can affect how a person thinks about their knee pain – and can prompt them to consider potentially…

Healthcare data and analytics pioneer Inovalon announced that it will be partnering with Google Cloud to aid one of the most cumbersome aspects of care delivery: prior authorizations.

The prior authorization process refers to seeking approval by an insurance company or payer for a specific procedure, therapeutic or medical service. Notoriously, the process is not as simple as submitting…

As cats age, they may yowl more than usual at night, have trouble sleeping or sleep too much, and act generally confused or disoriented. Now a new study shows that, just like in humans with Alzheimer’s disease, amyloid-beta plaques build up in the brains of aging felines and may contribute to dementia-like behaviors.

In cats, that buildup could be causing a cascade of problems within the brain, such as hyperactivation of immune and other supporting brain cells that attack the…

Since the landmark stem cell transplantation which saw Timothy Ray Brown become the first person to be cured of HIV in 2007, ten people around the world have been reported either cured or in long-term remission from the virus through similar procedures.

Unfortunately, while a triumph for medical science, it has not made a significant dent in the wider epidemic….

Medical training is designed to mold students into doctors who behave, speak, and even think in a particular way. But what happens when a patient encounters a physician whose mind works differently? For many, particularly those who feel misunderstood in the healthcare system, that difference can be an unexpected gift.

More and more doctors are publicly embracing their autism diagnoses, and reshaping how we think…

Published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases earlier this month,…