The marketing of direct-to-consumer "neurotechnologies" can be enticing: apps that diagnose a mental state, and brain devices that improve cognition or "read" one's emotional state. However, many of these increasingly popular ...
Jan 18, 2019
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(HealthDay)—Tainted food, trash-filled parklands and even hungry kids: Public health could be increasingly at risk as the U.S. government shutdown drags into its 21st day, experts say.
Jan 11, 2019
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Groundbreaking computer models that simulate the workings of individual patients' hearts could boost treatment of a common cardiac condition that affects a million people in the UK and countless more worldwide.
Nov 27, 2018
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A unique partnership between a Virginia Tech scientist and a University of Virginia oncologist could result in a solution to reduce discomfort during cancer treatment for women.
Nov 27, 2018
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A new analysis in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) http://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.180897 outlines the potential government cost of a national Canadian pharmacare program and sets out approaches to shifting ...
Nov 26, 2018
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The mysterious, poliolike disease that has struck 414 people—mostly young children—across the United States since 2014 comes at a time when the public health system already is overstretched.
Nov 16, 2018
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The withdrawal of a major international aid organization threatens to leave tens of thousands of tuberculosis patients in North Korea without the medication they need and could spiral into a severe crisis if it is not addressed ...
Nov 16, 2018
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A new approach to genetic analysis finds associations between environmental factors and pharmacogenes—genes associated with a person's response to drugs—sparking ideas for new research at the interface of population genetics ...
Oct 18, 2018
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(HealthDay)—Medical residents should start budgeting and save for the future, according to an article published in the American Medical Association AMA Wire.
Oct 5, 2018
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Expanding public funding for cost-effective treatments, investing in primary care, embracing technology and engaging patients are some of the ways Canada can improve the quality of health care, according to an analysis in ...
Oct 1, 2018
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