Hurricane Helene killed more than 230 people when it tore through the Southeast U.S. just over a week ago. The storm also shut down an IV manufacturing plant in Marion, North Carolina, that’s responsible for about 60% of the IV solutions for the U.S. As the company, Baxter, deals with the damage, the American Hospital Association is...
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Consumer brain data
Consumer brain data is now protected under California law. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature last week makes it the second state, after Colorado, to recognize its citizens’ privacy rights over their brain waves. Colorado included that right in a broader privacy law in April. The new California law says companies like Muse, which makes a headband...
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What is a Bone Density Scan (DEXA scan)?
A bone density scan, also known as a DEXA scan, is a procedure that measures the amount of calcium and other minerals in a bone by passing x-rays with two different energy levels through the bone. It shows the strength and thickness of a bone and is usually done in the lower spine, hip, lower...
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What The Hell Is Blockchain And What Does It Mean For Healthcare
The buzzword of the year award goes to blockchain It would be a big surprise if the buzzword of the year award would not go to blockchain in 2018. Although the technology is indeed a game-changer, the craze and hype around it remind some experts of the dotcom bubble. As Reuters explained in its analysis, the...
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MS sufferers line up to plead for money to get treatment overseas
Melody Holmes is hoping her Givealittle crowd funding page will help towards the $100,000 cost of getting stem cell treatment in Russia. “For someone staring into the darkness of a future of pain and disability, that’s an amazing light of hope,” writes Melody Holmes on her Givealittle crowd funding page. She’s talking about the chance to go...
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Breakthrough stem cell therapy could provide hope to millions living with MS
A new treatment which reboots the immune system using stem cell transplantation could relieve MS symptoms Multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease roughly 5,000 people are diagnosed with in the UK every year, is unpredictable and notoriously difficult to treat. That might all be about to change thanks to a breakthrough stem cell study that...