Category: 5. Health

In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at a patent fight over the world’s top-selling drug, breakthroughs from the American Association for Cancer Research, Verily’s Parkinson’s dataset, the relationship between microplastics and heart disease, and more. To get it in your inbox,…

A revolutionary treatment brings new hope to those suffering from a devastating rare skin disorder, while showcasing an innovative funding model that could transform rare disease research

In a landmark development…

If you wanted to check someone’s pulse from across the room, for example to remotely monitor an elderly relative, how could you do it? You might think it’s impossible, because common health-monitoring devices such as fingertip pulse oximeters and smartwatches have to be in contact with…

Just one dose of antiviral baloxavir marboxil significantly reduced transmission of influenza within households, reported a recent study in The New England Journal of Medicine. The findings constitute the first robust evidence of an antiviral treatment…

Analyzing data from the 2016-2021 National Inpatient Sample, UCLA researchers found that 25% of 7350 patients hospitalized for scooter-related injuries were using substances such as alcohol, opioids, marijuana and cocaine when injured. Published in The American Surgeon, the study also…

Parental burnout is at an all-time high. According to the U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory, nearly…