How Singapore created the world’s best health-care system at amazingly low costs. We can start to do the same.
Category: healthcare
Number Of Food Insecure Households More Than Doubles As Food Banks Struggle
The number of American households that lack the resources for a stable food supply has doubled, and possibly tripled since that start of Covid-19. The percentage of households as of April 2020 that are deemed food insecure is now estimated between 22-3…
Covid-19 Coronavirus Continues To Expose Anti-Asian Bigotry, How To Stop It
The #WashTheHate campaign is an effort to combat the racism that Asian Americans have been facing during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Colonoscopy Screening Intervals Could Be Extended For Some Patients, Researchers Suggest
The traditional 10-year colonoscopy interval may be changing.
This Thyroid Disorder May Be A Marker For Covid-19 Infection
While many people may now be familiar with loss of smell or taste or ”Covid toes” (red and sore toes) as markers of Covid-19 infection, there is now another possible clinical condition to consider: subacute thyroiditis, otherwise referred to as “SAT”.
Aging In Place? A Check-In Device May Increase Safety And Security
Older adults who are aging in place can augment their level of safety and security by using a check-in device. The old-style devices had a button to press. Today you can use an app on your smart phone
Novavax Is Beginning Clinical Trials Of Its Coronavirus Vaccine
Novavax announced it’s beginning clinical trials of its Covid-19 vaccine on Monday.
‘Significant Advance’ In Detecting Small, Early-Stage Tumors On MRIs
Researchers celebrate creation of a new technique to pinpoint cancer.
Entrepreneurship In IVF: The Promise And Challenges Of Artificial Intelligence
..are we introducing a bias into the process at its earliest stage, asking the computer to find new decision-influencing inputs, but only from a pool of embryos that already incorporate the old decision-making parameters…
Top 10 Excuses Offered For Not Wearing Masks Despite Covid-19 Coronavirus
The mask issue has unmasked some kind of political and cultural war, which should surprise basically no one in 2020.
