Category: healthcare

Why Have The Number Of Strokes Fallen During The COVID-19 Pandemic?

The drop-off in stroke cases is incredibly worrisome for many health care providers. If stroke patients aren’t coming to the hospital as frequently, does that mean there have been fewer strokes, or is there some factor that is causing patients to choos…

Mayor Walks Back Statement Saying Every Person Arrested In Minneapolis Protests Was From Out Of State

Local officials have sought to paint the chaos in the city as driven by outsiders

The Bumble Of Therapy? Frame Matching Launches To Find Your Perfect Therapist

Co-Founders, Kendall Bird and Sage Grazer, of mental health startup, Frame, are on a mission to make the process of connecting with a therapist easier than ever before with Frame Matching. Think match-matching for finding your perfect therapist.

Psychology – Not Science Or Politics – Will Determine A Successful Reopening For America

Dr. Joshua Liao explains that under the pressure of time and uncertainty, people rarely act purely based on logic. Instead, humans tend to make choices in these situations using a set of mental shortcuts

Supreme Court Won’t Force States To Reopen Churches

Chief Justice John Roberts cast the deciding vote in a rare late-night ruling.

What Could Go Wrong: FinTech Vs. Healthcare Covid-19 Crisis Innovation Series

The COVID-19 crisis presents an opportunity for the healthcare industry to catapult forward, make fundamental changes, and adopt new innovation. But will they take advantage of this opportunity, or will the need to keep the status quo get in the way?

Harvard Medical Students Partner With Crowdsolving Platform Groopit To Launch Yelp-Like Covid-19 Testing Review Platform

First-year med students Dylan Cahill and J.C. Panagides were intent on giving people first-hand insight into testing sites across the country.

Older Men Worry Less About Coronavirus And That Could Put Them At Greater Risk

Worrying can be positive when it motivates people to take protective measures against Covid-19.

A ‘Dementia Gene’ Doubles Your Risk Of Severe COVID-19

Medical researchers have found that people who carry a genetic variant associated with dementia are twice as likely to suffer from coronavirus.

Cannabis Use While Pregnant Does Not Impair Children’s Cognition, Decades Of Studies Suggest

A review of research found fetal marijuana exposure isn’t correlated with abnormal cognition; in rare cases where exposed kids scored lower or higher on tests, most stayed within the normal range, in fact.