Medical economics
Is medicine ready for artificial intelligence?
Artificial intelligence can help make medicine more efficient and safer. China is a forerunner in this field; we must not miss the boat, says Walter Karlen.
Sep 6, 2018
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Medications
Medicine shortages are already a reality but a no-deal Brexit could make it worse
The uncertainty around Brexit and what impact it will have on the UK and the NHS seems to have the nation trapped in a state of limbo. Nobody appears to know if there will be a deal or what it will look like if the UK gets ...
Aug 29, 2018
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Medications
Scientists take aim at illicit supply chain networks of fake medications
For many people in developing countries, the struggle for access to health care comes with a risk. Those patients can fall victim to falsified medications that fail to treat their conditions, with the potential to cause harm ...
Aug 29, 2018
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Medical device managers rely on physicians to screen out defects rather than issue recalls
Results of a new behavioral study into what influences the decision to recall a defective product found that medical device firm managers may rely on their physician-customers to screen out detectable defects, in lieu of ...
Aug 22, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Remote village to metropolis—how globalisation spreads infectious diseases
These days we can get from most remote villages anywhere to home in 36 hours. And migrating humans can certainly carry microbial "passengers". This means the increasing globalisation of our world can give infectious diseases ...
May 29, 2018
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Medications
Drug makers engage in 'co-opetition' through drug middlemen
Prescription drug consumers confounded by the cost of their medications can get a peek behind the curtain thanks to new Washington University in St. Louis research into the complex "co-opetition"—cooperation and competition—among ...
Mar 30, 2018
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Health
How game theory could ensure you will get blood when you need it
Blood shortages in the United States are now at the critical level because of severe weather nationally, coupled with widespread flu. Hundreds of blood drives have been canceled this winter, and the donor base has decreased ...
Feb 9, 2018
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FDA says U.S. will now produce critical MRI component
(HealthDay)—A long-feared shortage of a substance used in millions of medical imaging procedures each year in the United States appears to have been avoided, federal officials report.
Feb 8, 2018
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HIV & AIDS
We found ways to shorten the turnaround time for diagnosing babies with HIV
They say timing is everything. And in sub-Saharan Africa, where roughly a third of untreated HIV infected babies die before they reach the age of one, a timely diagnosis is everything.
Jan 17, 2018
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Health
Greater oversight of precursor chemicals at retail level needed to reduce threat from IEDs
Policymakers' efforts to reduce threats from improvised explosive devices (IEDs) should include greater oversight of precursor chemicals sold at the retail level - especially over the Internet - that terrorists, violent extremists, ...
Nov 14, 2017
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