For many disabled patients, the doctor is often not in
Some doctors avoid patients with disabilities, and barriers to routine care abound. Enlarge Ben Salentine, associate director of health sciences managed care at the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences S.....»»
CFPB: U.S. Auto Sales loan servicer cost customers millions, mistakenly disabled vehicles
The CFPB on Wednesday sued U.S. Auto Sales' USASF Servicing, alleging the buy-here, pay-here loan servicer double billed collateral protection insurance, failed to refund unneeded GAP payments and incorrectly repoed or triggered kill switches on borr.....»»
Ovarian cancer: New biological markers found that may predict which patients won"t respond to chemotherapy
Using a novel proteogenomic strategy and a variety of machine learning tools, investigators from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and colleagues have identified a 64-protein signature that may predict a subset of ovarian cancer patients wh.....»»
How to fix the ‘iPhone Unavailable’ error (4 easy ways)
The 'iPhone is disabled' lock occurs when too many failed passcodes are entered. Here's what to do when that happens and how to prevent passcode problems......»»
Apple tech accepted as social care expenses for disabled man after 9to5Mac video
The cost of Apple tech – in the form of an iPhone and Apple Watch – has been accepted as disability-related expenses, as part of a social care assessment of a severely disabled man who relies on Siri for much of his daily routine … more….....»»
New drug delivery system containing RNA therapy can target cancer cells in bone marrow
Researchers at Tel Aviv University have destroyed 90% of multiple myeloma blood cancer cells under laboratory conditions, and 60% in human tissues taken from patients at Rabin Medical Center (Belinson Hospital), using an RNA-based drug delivered to t.....»»
This Rare Case of Green Hairy Tongue Is Pure Nightmare Fuel
Patients with hairy tongue syndrome—which can also turn tongues black, brown, yellow, or blue—often report gagging, mouth dryness, or bad breath......»»
Mind-blowing Deadpool 3 cameo might bring back a character we haven’t seen since Endgame
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness could have been a spectacular crossover movie, the best since Avengers: Endgame, but it fumbled all of its … The post Mind-blowing Deadpool 3 cameo might bring back a character we haven’t seen s.....»»
Why data travel is healthcare’s next big cybersecurity challenge
Do you know where your patients’ data lives once it’s in the cloud? Unfortunately, for many healthcare organizations, the answer is no – or, at least, it’s not a definitive yes. Knowing how (or where) data is used, shared or stored is essenti.....»»
Autonomously switchable polymer materials developed for wearable medical devices
Wearable medical devices, such as the soft exoskeletons that provide support for stroke patients or controlled drug delivery patches, have to be made of materials that can adapt intelligently and autonomously to the wearer's movements and to changing.....»»
Breakthrough in material design will help football players, car occupants and hospital patients
The discovery that football players were unknowingly acquiring permanent brain damage as they racked up head hits throughout their professional careers created a rush to design better head protection. One of these inventions is nanofoam, the material.....»»
Ohio bans doctor after botched surgeries on TikTok threaten patients’ lives
Her TikTok persona was more important than patients' lives, medical board ruled. Enlarge (credit: Juan Silva | DigitalVision) Yesterday, an Ohio plastic surgeon, Katharine Grawe—who accumulated nearly 15 million likes.....»»
Researchers invent trap for capturing and comparing individual bacterial cells
All hospitals battle an invisible threat: Pseudomonas aeruginosa. It is a type of bacteria that affects thousands of patients each year in intensive care units, where it can cause sepsis, pneumonia and other types of infections......»»
These lollipops could "sweeten" diagnostic testing for kids and adults alike
A lollipop might be a sweet reward for a kid who's endured a trip to the doctor's office, but now, this candy could make diagnostic testing during a visit less invasive and more enjoyable. Researchers publishing in Analytical Chemistry have shown, fo.....»»
Beamline innovation could enhance the potential of cancer treatment with proton therapy
Physicists have devised a way to achieve higher doses and shorter treatment times for cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy with protons, circumventing the problems of internal organ motions. They achieve this using a modification in the beamline,.....»»
Apple Watch could detect Parkinson"s disease up to 7 years earlier
Smartwatches like the Apple Watch may be able to provide data to AI models that are capable of detecting Parkinson's disease nearly a decade before patients show symptoms.Apple WatchParkinson's disease is a neurological degenerative disease that typi.....»»
Managing Type 1 Diabetes Is Tricky. Can AI Help?
In a simulation, AI learned fast and helped virtual patients meet their blood glucose targets. Can machine learning be trusted to help real people too?.....»»
ChatGPT’s Bing browsing feature disabled over paywall access flaw
OpenAI has disabled ChatGPT’s new Browse with Bing feature after some users discovered that it can be used to bypass paywalls......»»
Scientists identify gene crucial for male meiosis during homologous pairing and synapsis
Meiotic recombination-related gene (e.g., DMC1, HFM1, MEIOB, MAJIN, C14ORF39/SIX6OS1, STAG3, SYCE1, SYCP2-3, TERB1-2) mutations have been identified in human subfertility or infertility. Surprisingly, most patients have been found to have aberrant sp.....»»
Scientists develop photonic radar system that can remotely and accurately monitor breathing
Constant monitoring of vital health signs is needed in a variety of clinical environments such as intensive care units, for patients with critical health conditions, health monitoring in aged care facilities and prisons, or in safety monitoring situa.....»»
Study finds 1.3 million disabled workers trapped in insecure work in UK
New research by the Work Foundation at Lancaster University reveals 1.3 million disabled workers are trapped in severely insecure work in the U.K.—and 430,000 say they want to work more hours......»»