Rick TimmerPain Cortisone injections for hip and knee pain are more dangerous than was thoughtThe Telegraph - By Laura DonnellyCortisone injections for hip and knee pain lead to more complications than previously thought, research has found. The anti-inflammatory jabs are used by athletes to mask pain, and to treat symptoms of
Rick TimmerU.S. Politics Documents Reveal Hospital Industry Is Leading Fight Against Medicare for AllThe Intercept - Andrew Perez Investor-owned hospitals are leading the fight against the creation of a comprehensive, universal health care system, according to corporate filings …
Rick TimmerMalaria Scientists find how deadly malaria parasite jumped from gorillas to humansReuters - by Kate Kelland and Stuart McDillLONDON (Reuters) - Scientists who resurrected a 50,000-year-old gene sequence have analyzed it to figure out how the world's deadliest malaria parasite jumped from gorillas to humans - giving insight the
Rick TimmerWorld News You’re Swabbing a Dead Gorilla for Ebola. Then It Gets Worse.The New York Times - Donald G. McNeil Jr.The worst part of sampling a dead gorilla for Ebola, said Dr. William B. Karesh, is the flies. “You can imagine the sense of panic,” he said. “A hundred thousand ants and carrion flies are coming off carcass
Rick TimmerPhysiology Overzealous in preventing falls, hospitals are producing an ‘epidemic of immobility’ in elderly patientsThe Washington Post“They’re not letting me get up out of bed,” Twigg protested in phone calls, Rowley recalled. In just a few days at the Ohio hospital, where she had no occupational or physical therapy, Twigg grew so weak
Rick TimmerPublic Health America’s sexually transmitted disease rates are out of controlPopular Science - Rachel FeltmanAnd the CDC is particularly concerned about newborns with syphilis. Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are still on the rise in the United States, according to the latest data from the Centers for
Rick TimmerTuberculosis Let’s Throw Sand in the Tuberculosis Pathogen’s Nanogearsgenengnews.com - Kevin Mayer Tuberculosis is an infernal machine, and it keeps spreading thanks to the operations of many tiny infernal machines—not the pathogens, mind you. Look …
Rick TimmerScience Humans Can Regenerate Cartilage, Study Finds, Offering Hope for Arthritis Treatmentdiscovermagazine.com - Leslie Nemo If you get a cut, it’ll heal. If you lose some skin to road rash, it’ll grow back. But lose a limb, and it’s gone for good. Unless you’re a …
Rick TimmerZika Virus Zika: Researchers Are Learning More About The Long-Term Consequences For ChildrenNPR - Pien HuangIn 2015, Zika virus swept through Brazil and the Americas. It was the first time a mosquito-borne virus was known to cause severe birth defects, and the World Health Organization declared it a "public
Rick TimmerStartups This startup just raised $8 million to help busy doctors assess the cognitive health of 50 million seniorsTechCrunch - Connie LoizosAll over the globe, the population of people who are aged 65 and older is growing faster than every other age group. According to United Nations data, by 2050, one in six people in the world will be over
Rick TimmerImmunotherapy Tocagen Axing 65% of Staff after Cancer Immunotherapy Combination Fails Phase III Trialgenengnews.com - Alex Philippidis Tocagen said it is eliminating about two-thirds of its staff—approximately 50 employees—nearly a month after the company acknowledged the failure of …
Rick TimmerAdvertising Industry Healthcare Is Undergoing a Digital Revolution, Courtesy of Smart DevicesAdweek - Elina Tang Looking for a healthy and active way to spend this weekend? Consider heading to the apple orchard. Apple farms all across the U.S. are predicting …
Rick TimmerHealth Missed Appointments, Missed Opportunities: Tackling The Patient No-Show ProblemForbes - Sachin H. JainI was asked last week at a healthcare industry roundtable about the single-biggest problem I’m trying to solve in my organization. My answer was surprisingly mundane, but relatable to anyone who has worked
Rick TimmerEmployment Medical technology's quick-fix addictionAxios - Kaveh Waddell, Bob Herman Some technologists look at the pileup of crises weighing down American health care — overworked doctors, overpriced treatments, wacky health record …
Rick TimmerMedicine How non-physician practitioners are pawns of large health care organizationskevinmd.com - Tom Belanger, MD During our family trip to Walt Disney World this past year, we got the Disney Dining Plan. It turned out to be a lot of food. On the last day of the …
Rick TimmerGeek Rodents With Part-Human Brains Pose a New Challenge for BioethicsGizmodo Rapid progress in research involving miniature human brains grown in a dish has led to a host of ethical concerns, particularly when these human …
Rick TimmerCancer In the Pancreas, Common Fungi May Drive CancerThe New York Times - Knvul SheikhBy now, you’ve probably heard that your body is teeming with bacteria. Some 100 trillion of them live on your skin, in your mouth and in the coils of your intestines. Some protect against infections and
Rick TimmerMachine Learning AI Can Read A Cardiac MRI In 4 Seconds: Do We Still Need Human Input?Forbes - Robert Glatter, MDAn MRI scan read in 4 seconds? Are we hearing this right? You are, and welcome to the present and the future of automated machine learning programs that have the ability to significantly increase the of
Rick TimmerFibrosis IPF: New Approach May Hold Potential For Treating This Fatal Lung ConditionForbes - Robert Glatter, MDIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a lung disease that results in scarring of the lungs, a process known as fibrosis. The disease progresses over a period of several years interfering with the ability
Rick TimmerAlzheimer's Disease The World's First Alzheimer's Vaccine May Have Been Developed by This Mother-Daughter Duoneatorama.com - Exuperist One of the most tragic things that could happen to someone is to slowly lose their memories which is what happens to people with Alzheimer's disease …
Rick TimmerCancer New blood test could detect more than 20 types of cancerThe Telegraph - By Laura DonnellyA new blood test could detect more than 20 types of cancer, allowing cases to be identified and treated far earlier. Experts said the breakthrough - which spots changes in the genes, as disease develops
Rick TimmerUltrasound Ultrasound can ‘see’ when tumor cells turn genes on and offsciencemag.org - Mitch Leslie Ultrasound can reveal a leaking heart valve, expose a torn tendon, and give parents an early snapshot of their baby within the womb. Now, researchers …
Rick TimmerCRISPR Sick Man Begs Doctors: Please CRISPR Mefuturism.com - Dan Robitzski 43-year-old IT consultant Malakkar Vohryzek has a genetic condition with no name and no cure: extremely sensitive to sunlight, he can hardly go …
Rick TimmerMedicine What if medicine could be tailored ‘just for you’?sangerinstitute.blog - Sanger Institute The information in our genomes is helping doctors diagnose and treat disease. But how far can personalised medicine go?
Rick TimmerFlu A sticking point for rapid flu tests?nature.com - Elizabeth Svoboda Adoption of molecular tests for influenza has been slow — partly because of their high cost. It begins like many other tests at the doctor’s surgery: …
Rick TimmerOpinion We Need More Doctors Who Are ScientistsThe New York TimesAbout a decade from now, public health statistics will begin to show a substantial decrease in cervical cancer in the United States and other developed countries. That’s because in 2006, young people receiving
Rick TimmerScience 3D-printed heart tissue could ease organ donor shortageEuronews - By Sony Salzman with NBC News Tech and Science NewsIn the early 1990s, Jim Gleason's health took a turn for the worse. His heart had been ravaged by an infection, and doctors told him he would need a new one. Gleason was placed on the organ transplant
Rick TimmerHeart Transplant Waiting list for heart transplants has more than DOUBLED in a decadedailymail.co.uk - By Stephen Matthews Health Editor For Mailonline The waiting list for heart transplants has more than doubled in a decade, official figures have revealed. NHS Blood and Transplant today said 313 are …
Rick TimmerPain In Tiny Doses, An Addiction Medication Moonlights As A Treatment For Chronic PainNPR - Alex SmithLori Pinkley, a 50-year-old from Kansas City, Mo., has struggled with puzzling chronic pain since she was 15. She's had endless disappointing visits with doctors. Some said they couldn't help her. Others
