June 11, 2019
(STAT News) – Doctors, who hitherto got things off their chests in private, now bellow their discontent to the world. This may be therapeutic and may humanize doctors, but it risks undermining public confidence and damaging the nobility of the … Read More
June 7, 2019
(Kaiser Health News) – Virtual communications have streamlined life and transformed many of our relationships for the better. There is little need anymore to sit across the desk from a tax accountant or travel agent or to stand in a … Read More
June 7, 2019
(USA Today) – On Monday, the diagnostic testing provider confirmed in a filing with securities regulators that up to 12 million patients may be affected by a recent data breach at the American Medical Collection Agency. The AMCA was also … Read More
June 7, 2019
(Reuters) – When a Californian company founded by a U.S. veteran wounded in Afghanistan sought to register a new medical device this year, it turned to Europe before the United States. The European approvals system had long been quicker, the … Read More
June 5, 2019
(Managed Care Magazine) – Every day in hospitals and medical clinics across the country, physicians assume that when they click into an electronic medical record, they have an accurate picture of the patient’s health history, diagnoses, medications, test results, and … Read More
June 3, 2019
(The Guardian) – A popular women’s health and fertility app sows doubt about birth control, features claims from medical advisers who are not licensed to practice in the US, and is funded and led by anti-abortion, anti-gay Catholic campaigners, a … Read More
May 29, 2019
(Reuters) – Doctors at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston say most of the face transplant patients they have been following for about five years are continuing to show improvement in quality of life. Their new faces are functioning – … Read More
May 27, 2019
(Deutsche Welle) – David Anderson is pipetting a yellowish liquid into conical flasks, anxious not to spill anything. The liquid contains yeast cells, which, thanks to a bit of genetic engineering, are able to produce a precursor of insulin — … Read More
May 23, 2019
(Gizmodo) – It looks like Amazon is working on a new Alexa-powered gadget that can listen to you and decide how you feel, and make recommendations based on your human emotions. Citing internal documents and an unnamed source, Bloomberg reports … Read More
May 22, 2019
(CBS News) – Google is planning to crack down on misleading advertisements from anti-abortion groups that present themselves as abortion providers. The change in ad policies comes after a report revealed Google had given more than $150,000 in free advertising … Read More
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