NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For people with existing heart problems, exposure to high levels of air pollution can trigger the irregular heartbeats that may lead to a stroke or ...
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One of the complexities of developing hearing aids is that a mold has to be taken of the ear canal since it differs from person to person. Medical device company ...
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You’ve probably heard of Sermo, Doximity and QuantiaMD and maybe even Resident Exchange to name just a few of the social networks for physicians on the Web. But one social ...
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite reminders, people scheduled for a colonoscopy didn't access an Internet video designed to educate them about proper preparation for the screening, in a new ...
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June 5, 2013 12:00 am by Young, Susan | 0 Comments
A Boston startup wants to bring smart analytics to critical care in order to help doctors spot and treat at-risk patients. The intensive care unit (ICU) is one of the ...
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Tranquilizers known as benzodiazepines and certain older antidepressants are linked with a greater chance of having erectile dysfunction (ED), according to a new survey."Definitely it ...
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A collaboration between two biotherapeutics companies could lead to less invasive approaches to treating a variety of eye diseases such as diabetic macular edema,according to a company statement. The deal ...
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There's room - and need - for improvement in the discussions between doctor and patient that go into medical decision-making, according to research out on ...
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Life is busy, work is hard, money is tight and there’s never enough time in the day. That’s the reality for many people, and it’s causing what meQuilibrium calls the ...
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Surfers do some pretty awe-inspiring, jaw-dropping moves driven by a fearlessness of the water. And they have also inspired some significant scientific research. Observing surfers with cystic fibrosis spurred scientists ...
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Who will win this year’s MassChallenge? The Boston accelerator is set to get its fourth session underway with the announcement of the 128 new startups that will participate. A quarter ...
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who had used marijuana in the past month had smaller waists and lower levels of insulin resistance - a diabetes precursor - than those ...
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As part of its efforts to give patients a stronger voice in clinical trial design, PatientsLikeMe has opened up a hub where researchers, clinicians, academics and patients can refine and ...
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While some hospitals claim to be seeing benefits of electronic medical records, others are still complaining that they’re cumbersome and time-consuming. Keeping digitized personal health information private and secure, while ...
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Biotechnology company Karyopharm Therapeutics has raised $48.2 million in a series B round for an innovative group of molecules to combat cancer, according to a company statement.Karyopharm’s approach, in phase ...
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