Last year, when we asked science and health care soothsayers to peek ahead to 2019, they told us that methamphetamine use would rise (it did), tumor organoids would near clinical use for personalizing cancer treatment and better targeting clinical trials (that’s happening), and price transparency wouldn’t bring lower health spending (that’s true, too). But nobody… Read More »
A team of specialists from Australia and the United States has identified a new autoinflammatory condition in humans. They also understand what causes it, which can help researchers find an adequate treatment. Share on PinterestResearchers have identified a new autoinflammatory condition, which they have named CRIA syndrome. Autoimmune conditions occur when the body’s immune response… Read More »
The Activity App on the Apple Watch. Todd Haselton | CNBC Tech giants like Amazon, Apple and Alphabet‘s Google might be raking in cash from their core businesses, but they aren’t always successful in everything they try to do. Health care is an Achilles’ heel for many of them. In the past decade, almost all… Read More »
A woman vapes with an electronic cigarette device. John Keeble | Getty Images A deadly vaping lung illness has now taken the lives of 55 people across 27 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday. The total number of people hospitalized with the illness so far this year now stands at 2,561… Read More »