Forbes Healthcare
DECEMBER 28, 2024
Wastewater surveillance suggests that we in the midst of what's being called a "Silent" COVID-19 surge fueled by the XEC variant of the SARS-CoV-2. Here's what to do.
Sensible Medicine
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Dr. Marty Makary has a powerful new book, BLIND SPOTS: When medicine gets it wrong and what it means for our health , that came out on Tuesday and instantly hit #2 bestselling book on Amazon. I loved the book and highly recommend it. In this piece, he discusses one of those blind spots of the modern medical establishment—America is getting sicker right before our eyes.
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Science Based Medicine
NOVEMBER 16, 2024
It means pertussis and measles outbreaks will be happening under your watch and you'll be held responsible while your boss is an anti-vaxx crank. Enjoy! The post What Does it Mean to Own the Next 4 Years? first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
Legal Eye on Medical Assisting
AUGUST 14, 2024
I recently received the following email: I have moved to Georgia, and I am encountering medical assistants being called nurses at almost all levels in this clinic. Medical assistants refer to themselves as nurses. The providers state, “My nurse will be back in to speak with you.
Forbes Healthcare
DECEMBER 2, 2024
The recent appearance of the H5N1 bird flu in pigs does raise viral reassortment concerns. Here's what we know about this highly pathogenic avian influenza virus so far.
Forbes Healthcare
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
Here are my best survival tips for a hospitalization, based on my years of experience as a physician, patient advocate, and caregiver.
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Forbes Healthcare
NOVEMBER 9, 2024
A 58-year-old nurse from Scotland has died after taking two doses of weight-loss drug tirzepatide, also known as Mounjaro or Zepbound.
Forbes Healthcare
NOVEMBER 10, 2024
The number of H5N1 bird flu cases in dairy cattle workers in the U.S. may be much higher than reported, indicates a new CDC study.
Forbes Healthcare
DECEMBER 3, 2024
A theory that is open-ended with many problems for the redefined group of practitioners to resolve.
Forbes Healthcare
OCTOBER 25, 2024
The CDC is moving towards a risk-based strategy, allowing patient input as to the frequency of COVID-19 vaccine boosters.
Forbes Healthcare
OCTOBER 19, 2024
Led by her youngest daughter Shana Dall’Osto, the Epic founder and CEO’s family foundation Roots & Wings will soon be granting around $100 million to hundreds of nonprofits each year.
Forbes Healthcare
DECEMBER 30, 2024
The world first became aware of Covid-19 five years ago. We evaluate where we are, remember how we got here, and consider where we may be going.
Forbes Healthcare
OCTOBER 15, 2024
The implications of this sale are significant, raising concerns over data privacy and the potential misuse of sensitive genetic information.
Forbes Healthcare
DECEMBER 21, 2024
Most of us have a good sense of what counts as a healthy versus unhealthy lifestyle. Nevertheless, theres more to longevity than just diet, exercise and sleepas evidenced by the quirky stories explored here.
Forbes Healthcare
OCTOBER 26, 2024
Undergrads and recent grads—young, healthy, and debt burdened—are offered five figures to donate their eggs to other women undergoing IVF. Cofertility has a more grown-up model.
Forbes Healthcare
OCTOBER 4, 2024
In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, AI generative deepfake images of destruction and human suffering flooded social media, and this hurts real people now and in the future.
Forbes Healthcare
OCTOBER 7, 2024
The United States has few rules governing egg and sperm donation, a Wild West being supercharged by influencers peddling it as a cash-cow to millions of young followers.
Forbes Healthcare
DECEMBER 22, 2024
Many less Americans view childhood vaccines as important now compared to previous years, according to a recent Gallup poll.
Forbes Healthcare
NOVEMBER 10, 2024
A teenager in British Columbia, Canada has been hospitalized with a presumed case of H5N1 bird flu, the first detected human case in the country in the current outbreak.
Forbes Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Paxlovid comes with a host of contraindications and costs $1561 for a 5- day course. Metformin costs $1/day and reduces viral load. Which should you take?
Forbes Healthcare
OCTOBER 15, 2024
The settlement provides for three main types of compensation, with a maximum payout of up to $10,000 for specific claims
Forbes Healthcare
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
Plus: Expanding bone marrow transplants, a potential replacement for silicon in processors, Apple takes a stake in satellites.
Sensible Medicine
OCTOBER 20, 2024
In a world where doctors are increasingly treated like cogs in a machine, the question arises: Would you recommend your son or daughter pursue the field? Recently, I saw this poll: I said ‘unsure’, but that is just a fragment of what I think. Here is my answer (leave yours in the comments). My answer is: it depends on who is asking. I would strongly encourage you to pursue medicine if… Your primary goal in a career is using your talents to improve the well being of others.
Forbes Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Throughout modern medical history, Americans have underestimated or dismissed emerging health threats until the consequences became impossible to ignore.
Forbes Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
The COVID XEC variant, a recombinant of the KS.1.1 and KP.3.3 COVID-19 variants has been been spreading and has already appeared in 27 different countries.
Forbes Healthcare
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Researchers showed that SARS-CoV-2 proteins were more likely to be present in people with long Covid. This finding provides more evidence about its cause.
Forbes Healthcare
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Cytovale has developed a FDA-cleared, rapid diagnostic tool for sepsis, and it just raised $100 million to roll it out to hospital systems across the country.
Forbes Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
Wyoming’s last reported anthrax infection in wildlife was in 1956 and the state’s last confirmed cattle outbreak was in the 1970s.
Forbes Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
This work expands on the existing partnership between both companies.
Forbes Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
The International Day of Clean Air is an opportunity to learn about a growing global threat with severe negative effects on human health, economy and the environment.
Forbes Healthcare
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Summary of Mount Sinai's New York BCI Symposium, by Synchron and Precision Neuroscience. Market Trends and forecast for brain-computer interface startups.
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