A new report examines the way coal dust inhaled by miners is regulated as health and safety officials grapple with an increase in cases of severe black lung disease in Appalachia.
Jun 28, 2018
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Researchers and clinicians are calling on the mining industry and governments to create better regulations in the interest of the health of coal miners.
Mar 31, 2017
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The demand for transparency through publicly available healthcare data is on the rise. This is the case for administrative and clinical data for research, and for clinical trials data used to support new drug approvals. Broad ...
Sep 15, 2011
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Robots and artificial intelligence are being deployed across the globe in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
Mar 12, 2020
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Scientists are developing a new way to identify the unique chemical 'fingerprints' for different types of breast cancers.
Dec 2, 2019
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The medical Internet is not yet here, but the widespread availability of electronic medical records and enhanced data-storage capabilities are pushing it closer to reality. As now envisioned, this new cyberspace destination ...
Jul 30, 2014
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Johns Hopkins Medicine says it has suspended a service in which radiologists give second readings on X-rays of coal miners seeking benefits for black lung disease.
Nov 2, 2013
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What is the future of the BRAIN Initiative? This national White House Grand Challenge involving more than 100 laboratories in the United States has already made progress in establishing large-scale neuroscience goals and ...
Oct 15, 2015
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A new study by The University of Western Australia has revealed that indoor service workers in the mining industry bear the brunt of the cognitive, productivity and health impacts of extreme heat, when compared to maintenance ...
Oct 17, 2023
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Developing new drugs is becoming increasingly difficult: research and lab experiments are time consuming and expensive. By making use of data first – screening large databases in order to discover patterns - we can make ...
Mar 9, 2016
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