Category: 5. Health
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Complacency Leading To Thousands Of U.K. Asthma Deaths, Charity Says
My chest is feeling so tight getty The number of people dying from asthma in the U.K. is rising, with hundreds “needlessly” passing from the disease every year, a charity has warned. Around 12,000 people died of asthma in the country over the last ten years, with the annual toll a quarter higher than it…
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Walgreens To Launch $24 Billion Business Dedicated To Specialty Pharmacy
Walgreens is launching Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy, a business that will integrate a new gene and … [+] cell services business with AllianceRx, the company said April 25, 2024. In this photo is a Walgreens store on April 02, 2019 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Getty Images Walgreens is launching Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy,…
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Chelsea Clinton Invests In 24/7 Pediatrics Startup
InnovationRx is your weekly digest of healthcare news. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here. The Summer Health board of directors (from L to R): Alfred Lin, Deena Shakir, Ellen DaSilva, Alyssa Jaffee, Chelsea Clinton. Summer Health The U.S. healthcare system is not set up to take care of a kid with a rash…
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Is Telepathy Possible? Perhaps, Due To New Technology
Digital Human Brain Covered with Networks getty This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece discusses advances in brain-machine interfaces. In 1999, I defined regenerative medicine as the collection of interventions that restore normal function to tissues and organs damaged by disease, injured by trauma, or worn…
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Pelvic exams at hospitals require written consent, new U.S. guidelines say
Hospitals must now get written consent to perform pelvic, breast, prostate and rectal exams on sedated patients or risk losing federal funding. Continue Reading News Source: www.sciencenews.org
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British Scientists Warn Weight-Loss Drug Might Harm Developing Babies
An Ozempic (semaglutide) injection pen is seen on a kitchen table in Riga, Latvia on 06 August, … [+] 2023. NurPhoto via Getty Images Using semaglutide as a fertility aid is risky and might cause harm during pregnancy, British scientists have warned. Anecdotal reports suggest that some women, including those with fertility issues, have unexpectedly…
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Nearsightedness is at epidemic levels – and the problem begins in childhood
Myopia, or the need for corrected vision to focus or see objects at a distance, has become a lot more common in recent decades. Some even consider myopia, also known as nearsightedness, an epidemic. Optometry researchers estimate that about half of the global population will need corrective lenses to offset myopia by 2050 if current…
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Do implicit bias trainings on race improve health care? Not yet – but incorporating the latest science can help hospitals treat all patients equitably
There is increasing evidence that implicit bias – non-conscious attitudes toward specific groups – is a source of racial inequities in certain aspects of health care, and lawmakers are taking note. Since the tragic murder of George Floyd in May 2020, wherein a Black man was killed by police, several U.S. federal and state legislators…
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Will The White House’s Plan To Curb Drug Shortages Work?
XIANGYANG, CHINA – DECEMBER 30: An employee works on the production line of ibuprofen, a fever … [+] reduction medicine, at a factory of Huazhong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd (Photo by Yang Dong/VCG via Getty Images) VCG via Getty Images Drug shortages are at an all-time high. Earlier this month, the White House rolled out a…
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Remember ‘Contagion?’ A New Treatment For Nipah Virus Could Be A Game Changer
The movie virus was inspired by the real-life Nipah virus, which causes a deadly infection of the brain. Continue Reading News Source: www.forbes.com