Study: Our Smartphones Make Us Dumber
A new study reinforced the hypothesis that the proximity of a smartphone owner’s mobile device can affect his or her cognitive ability. Marketing and management researchers from the University of California-San Diego, the University of...
5 Health Benefits of Pets (Plus: What’s Your Spirit Animal?)
Saturday is International Homeless Animals Day. We thought you should know that. We thought you’d like to be aware that the third Saturday in August is the day designated back in 1992 by the International...
7 Medical Documentaries You Should Stream ASAP
The healthcare industry has given rise to many memorable documentaries. Some focus on medical innovation and breakthroughs. Others focus on financial issues surrounding the healthcare industry. In the case of the following seven documentaries, all...
New Cancer Blood Test Technique Uses Labyrinth-Shaped Tubes
A group of University of Michigan chemical engineering and oncology researchers devised a blood test technique that uses the principals of a labyrinth to isolate rare cancer cells for cleaner, more-accurate analysis. A clinical trial...
Healthcare Reform: A Night of High Political Drama as Affordable Care Act Survives Senate...
A late night of high political drama on the floor of the U.S. Senate ended with Senate Republicans feeling frustrated that their effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was thwarted by three...
Marvel’s Claire Temple and Real-Life Nurses: Super. Heroes.
Are nurses superheroes? Possibly. After all, once upon a time, nurses and superheroes were two of the few groups of professionals whose uniforms included capes. Capes, which were only worn outdoors (and rarely since the...
Robots, Quantum Computing & Other Emerging Medical Technology
Emerging medical technology in the healthcare industry is altering the patient experience. Where once electronic healthcare records seemed a big step, 90 percent of hospitals now have such records. The next moves involve using technologies...
Healthcare added 22,000 jobs in October
The healthcare industry continued to help drive job growth in the United States in October. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, non-farm payroll employment increased by an estimated 261,000 last month, including...
Senate Republicans Push Forward with Healthcare Debate
The U.S. Senate voted, 51-50, today to open debate on a potential repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Vice President Mike Pence broke a 50-all tie when Republicans Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski...
You Like Apples? Great! It’s National Apple Month
Move over, Shark Week, now there’s something fruitier – and longer. October is National Apple Month, a celebration of America’s favorite pie-filling (not to mention, catalyst in gravity’s origin story). This is the month...