Category: healthcare

One Medical Gives Amazon A First: Relationships With Local Healthcare Systems

The closing of Amazon’s $3.9 billion acquisition of One Medical gives the retail giant entrée into local community healthcare systems.

Moderna Hopes To Build On mRNA Tech Used In Its Covid Shots—By Targeting Genetic Diseases

Moderna announced a partnership with Life Edit Therapeutics to tackle “some of the most challenging genetic diseases” using its mRNA technology.

Amazon Achieves Closing Of One Medical Deal, Officially Entering Doctor Clinic Business

Amazon closed its $3.9 billion acquisition of One Medical, bringing the giant online retailer into the competitive business of owning primary care physician practices.

Synchron: Brain Hacking With A Purpose

Exciting startup Synchron offers a revolutionary brain-computer interface solution for people with paralysis and other conditions

Disparities Of Organ Donations In America And How To Rectify Them

Furthermore, people of color, and particularly Black Americans, are disadvantaged through just about every stage of the organ transplant process.

More Than Half Of Long Covid Patients Suffer From Organ Damage Up To One Year After Covid Infection

A recent study published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, researchers analyzed MRI data of long Covid patients and found that mild organ damage continued to take place in 59% of the patients even up to one year after they got infected w…

Some Wearable Gadgets Could Interfere With Cardiac Electronic Devices, Study Suggests

Previous studies recommended keeping electronics at a six-inch distance from implantable cardiac devices.

Scientists Are Testing Virtual Reality For Pain Relief

Virtual Reality (VR) technology may help alleviate the chronic pain crisis.

Deadlier Mpox Infections Discovered In People With Advanced HIV

The severe form of the disease carries a 15% mortality rate and is characterized by large and widespread necrotizing skin lesions, researchers wrote.

How Working Moms Can Make The Most Of Maternity Leave

No matter what the duration of your maternity leave, there is no denying that this is valuable time — and you should strive to make the most of it before you return to the demands of work.