Nearly 4 million children across the United States do not have regular access to a pediatrician.
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Earlier this month, a children’s hospital in LA launched a new program for at-home asthma monitoring using a wearable smart stethoscope device that enables doctors to virtually and remotely…
Studies have indicated that at-home hospital services have lower mortality rates and costs.
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Inspired by the Covid-19 pandemic, healthcare leaders and organizations alike have been working tirelessly to develop easier ways to deliver care in patient homes. In November 2020, the Centers for…
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Health workers leaving the isolation area at Congo’s General Referral Hospital during the Ebola…
Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a “multi-million-dollar” campaigned called “One Nation, Overcharged” will begin this summer to highlight what the groups involved called America’s “longstanding frustrations with unaffordable, inequitable healthcare in national and local…
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GoodRx launched a new subscription Wednesday for individuals…
A drug designed to shut down fat production inside the liver could become a major new weapon against one of the world’s fastest-growing liver diseases.
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine reported that an experimental treatment called ION224 produced significant…
You know the feeling – the itchy eye that is just begging to be scratched.
Before you start rubbing your eyes, you may want to think twice about the potential consequences.
While eye rubbing may seem harmless, people who rub their eyes are at risk of infections or damage to their…
For too many women, the journey to motherhood ends in death. Maternal mortality – the death of a woman during pregnancy or within 42 days of giving birth – is not a rare tragedy. Globally, the maternal mortality rate is unacceptably high – about 260,000 women died during and following…
A drug combination widely studied for its anti-aging potential may have a serious downside. Researchers at the University of Connecticut report that the treatment caused significant brain damage in mice, raising concerns about its growing use in longevity research and off-label anti-aging…
Age related macular degeneration (AMD) affects an enormous number of older adults. Around one third of people over 80 have AMD, and about 20 million Americans age 40 and older are living with the condition.
Most cases are the dry form of AMD. It usually advances gradually, but over time it can…