Tag: health
The CDC Issues Medical Alert following Acute Hepatitis Cases Linked to...
Working in conjunction with the Hawaii Department of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a health warning regarding a...
New Stem Cell Therapy – Growing Human Blood Vessels for Bioengineered...
Bioengineering techniques that grow transplant tissue have been around for years. However, the process of vascularizing the tissue has proven to be a tough...
New iPhone Devices Help Patients Collect Personal Health Data
The merging of technology with medicine is happening at incredible speeds. Now, with a new smartphone app from Masimo, the doctor-patient relationship can be...
Need for Physician Assistants Growing as Medical Industry Evolves
Trends in healthcare reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reveal that a growing number of physicians are leaving general practice to...
Medical Assistants and Growing Opportunities in Eldercare and Pediatrics
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that through the next decade, over 160,000 new medical assistants will be needed to fill this...
Teamwork Proves Fruitful in Fight Against Parkinson’s Disease
Interdisciplinary teamwork and innovative problem-solving are important parts of tackling today’s medical challenges. With the merging of fields such as medicine and technology, professionals...
Increasing Number of Health Professionals Prescribing Exercise for Aging Patients
Researchers from McMaster’s University in Canada used genetically altered mice to show how regular exercise can drastically reduce aging. The mice were genetically modified...
Harvard Heart Letter: Simple Changes Can Have a Major Effect on...
Health professionals attempting to encourage patients to eat more healthfully have help from a recent Harvard Medical School article which suggests that small changes...
Technology Offers New Tool for Healthcare Professionals
A team of developers at non-profit based RTI International has developed a new way to view census data. Their product consists of a map...
Next Gen Prosthetics: Medicine and Technology merge in incredible ways
Recent global conflicts have contributed to more veterans seeking prosthetics than ever before. Comprehensive data from the Veteran’s Administration for fiscal year 2008 alone...