Hospitals and clinics today run on technology. From the diagnostic tools they use to figure out what’s going on inside the body to the monitors that watch important vital signs, it’s important to keep everything up and running. Unfortunately, because of the busy nature of working in healthcare, fixing broken devices is often more reactive…
Waiting has never been a friend to discovery as it drags behind every new hypothesis and slows the launch of experiments that could lead to breakthroughs in genetic medicine, synthetic biology, or advanced diagnostics. The turnaround for custom DNA constructs once took weeks, forcing scientists to wait out shipping times, production delays, and backlogs. Each…
An Epidemic Behind Closed Doors Abuse of older people is far more common than most families realize. A recent World Health Organization fact sheet reports that one in six adults over 60 experienced abuse in community settings last year, while a staggering two out of three nursing-home staff admitted to committing abuse within the same…
Dementia affects around 55 million people around the world, but cases often go undiagnosed for months or even years after symptoms first present themselves. Early recognition and seeking prompt medical attention can make a huge difference in managing the condition and maintaining quality of life, so it is helpful to understand what to look for…
While a person might depend on substances to ease depression symptoms, chemical intoxication can actually worsen depressive episodes, intensifying the frequency and severity of negative thoughts and self-destructive actions. A depression and addiction treatment addresses both conditions and stops the progression of disorders and enabling the person to create a healthy, sober lifestyle during recovery…
‘Liver cancer is a growing health issue around the world. It is one of the most challenging cancers to treat, with five-year survival rates ranging from approximately 5% to 30%. We risk seeing close to a doubling of cases and deaths from liver cancer over the next quarter of a century without urgent action to…
Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes (CAPS) are a group of conditions that have overlapping signs and symptoms and the same genetic cause. The group includes three conditions known as familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome type 1 (FCAS1), Muckle-Wells syndrome (MWS), and neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disorder (NOMID). These conditions were once thought to be distinct disorders but are now…
A Texas mom accused of medical child abuse in an alleged Munchausen by proxy case will face no jail time after a grand jury determined she was not faking the conditions her child has. Jessica Gasser had been facing charges of injury to a child and medical child abuse until her child was able to…
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is going “Mom Mode” over the unaffordable cost of health insurance, weeks after signing the “Big, Beautiful Bill” that will strip millions of Americans of their health insurance. Friday morning, Greene railed against cost of living increases, including “all insurance being absolutely unaffordable,” noting her personal stake in the issue…
People who have had a kidney stone are quite likely to get another one. To prevent that from happening, it’s usually enough to drink plenty of water and change your diet. If kidney stones still keep on forming, medication can be used as prevention. About 30 to 50 out of 100 people who have had…