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.....»»
Neuralink says it has the FDA’s OK to start clinical trials
Company isn't enrolling patients yet, but it has cleared a major hurdle. Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto) In December 2022, founder Elon Musk gave an update on his other, other company, the brain implant startup Neuralink. As.....»»
Doctor dog: How our canine companions can help us detect COVID and other diseases
While we humans generally experience the world through sight, dogs use scent to learn about the environment around them. What their nose knows is crucial for finding food, mates and safe spaces......»»
Scientists use AI to find promising new antibiotic to fight evasive hospital superbug
Scientists at McMaster University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have used artificial intelligence to discover a new antibiotic that could be used to fight a deadly, drug-resistant pathogen that strikes vulnerable hospital patients......»»
New Alzheimer’s Drugs Offer Subtle Benefits—With Real Risks
Antibody treatments clear amyloid protein from patients’ brains, slowing the progression of their disease but potentially inducing deadly swelling......»»
Study shows accuracy of genetically based disease predictions varies from individual to individual
Polygenic scores—estimates of an individual's predisposition for complex traits and diseases—hold promise for identifying patients at risk of disease and guiding early, personalized treatments, but UCLA experts found the scores fail to account fo.....»»
How Chronic Illness Patients Are ‘Hacking’ Their Wearables
Fitbits and Apple Watches weren’t designed for people with atypical health conditions. But the tech can be extremely useful—with some creativity......»»
How to unlock a disabled iPhone if you forgot passcode
Locking your mobile devices so you can't get past the passcode screen is annoying, but fixable. Here's how to unlocked disabled iPhone.how to unlock disabled iPhoneSeeing the message "iPhone is disabled" on the screen can be a worry for most people,.....»»
The Long Covid Mystery Has a New Suspect
Immune cells called monocytes are triggered to help clear infection—but in some cases they never switch off, leaving patients breathless for months......»»
How do Candida auris and other fungi develop drug resistance? A microbiologist explains
One of the scariest things you can be told when at a doctor's office is "You have an antimicrobial-resistant infection." That means the bacteria or fungus making you sick can't be easily killed with common antibiotics or antifungals, making treatment.....»»
Diagnosing deception: How doctors solved a woman’s dramatically faked condition
The woman said she had a rare, serious condition, but the details didn't add up. Enlarge / A health care worker in a medical intensive care unit. (credit: Getty | BSIP) Diagnosing medical conditions is not easy. Patients.....»»
Researchers monitor real-time single-breath exhaled hydrogen cyanide profiles
Hydrogen cyanide (HCN) featured with high volatility and high adsorption is a common toxic and hazardous gas. Traces of HCN are also found in human exhaled breath. Unusual high HCN concentration in the breath of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients is assoc.....»»
Man peddling vitamins as cancer therapy faces 5 felony counts
With allegedly fake title, Gevorkian sold unproven treatments for serious conditions. Enlarge (credit: Pathways) A man in California is facing five felony charges for allegedly posing as a licensed doctor while providing.....»»
How artificial intelligence is matching drugs to patients
Health-tech firms around the world are increasingly using AI to help tailor drugs for patients......»»
Daon brings IdentityX to healthcare industry
Daon is expanding its IdentityX to the healthcare industry to enable organizations to safeguard identities for providers, staff, and patients. As the healthcare industry continues to digitize sensitive healthcare online information, cyber attacks inc.....»»
The dumb reason Twitter won’t allow retweeting tweets linking to Substack
"Some actions on this tweet have been disabled by Twitter." Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto ) Twitter users on Friday began noticing that they could not retweet or reply to tweets containing links to the Substac.....»»
Apple Arcade Guide: Everything that’s available [New: Doctor Who]
Apple Arcade launched with close to 100 titles and the service is seeing new games added regularly with over 200 games now in the library. Follow along with our guide on all the available Apple Arcade games. more… The post Apple Arcade Guide: Ev.....»»
The Therapy Part of Psychedelic Therapy Is a Mess
There’s little evidence to prove how necessary or helpful many of the accepted norms in psychedelic-assisted therapy are—and some could even harm patients......»»
Marie Nyswander Changed the Landscape of Addiction. Here"s How Her Story Begins
In the first episode of Season Five of the Lost Women of Science podcast, we meet a young doctor who, in 1946, was posted to Kentucky’s Narcotic Farm.....»»
Basic science shows how a single mutation causes ataxia
Worldwide, only a handful of patients are known to suffer from episodic ataxia type 6, a neurological disease that causes transient loss of muscle control. The cause lies in a mutation that changes a single amino acid in a protein that transports the.....»»
Marie Nyswander Changed the Landscape of Addiction. Here"s How Her Story Begins.
In the first episode of season five of the Lost Women of Science podcast, we meet a young doctor who, in 1946, was posted to Kentucky’s "Narcotic Farm.".....»»