Vetigel: A Modernized Healing Medicine
Nearly every person, at one time or another, has scraped a knee or sliced a finger. Accidents happen, and for the last century, everyone from soldiers to chefs to children have been dressing their...
FDA Lifts 30-Year Ban on Blood Donations by Gay and Bisexual Men
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced the end of a 30-year ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men that dates to the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. Instead,...
DIY DNA Testing Now Available to the Public
Ever wondered what lurks in your DNA? Worried that you might be at risk for passing down diseases to your offspring? Well, now you can find out – and do it yourself. The U.S. Food and...
Cloud-Based Health Records: The Next Step in the Healthcare Revolution
A December 2015 Forbes article by Lyndsey Gilpin addressed the progress the healthcare industry has – but more importantly, hasn’t – made with its management of medical records. The days of paper piles and manila...
Study: Pregnant Women Who Use Antidepressants Increase Risk of Autism
Women who take antidepressants during the later phases of pregnancy increase the risk of having a child with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by 87% compared to expecting mothers who did not take the...
Aspirin a Key to Preventing Brain Cell Death
Researchers at John Hopkins University and the Boyce Thompson Institute discovered an unexpected new benefit of aspirin – it might help battle neurodegenerative diseases like Huntington’s and Alzheimer’s. Aspirin’s primary component is called salicylic acid,...
VA Healthcare System Adopts Lean Six Sigma
Robert A. McDonald, Veterans Secretary and head of the department of Veterans Affairs, recently announced his plans to improve the VA’s approach to healthcare. At a National Press Club gathering in early November, McDonald...
What is Antiretroviral Therapy?
It’s estimated that more than 35 million people have died from HIV or AIDS since it was identified in 1984. Today, those who contract the virus and the roughly 33 million people infected with...
UnitedHealth Considering a Departure from Obamacare
At the end of 2016, UnitedHealth Group could make a decision that would leave more than half a million Americans looking for health coverage. UnitedHealth, the country’s largest health insurer, covers more Americans than...
Heroin Death Rates Increasing for Middle-Aged White Americans
In this age of advanced medicine and health consciousness, death rates are falling in the United States. Every age group, racial group and ethnic group are living longer and healthier lives – except one. A...