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by Bruce Brown | August 15, 2018 | General News, Medical
Each year approximately 15 million babies worldwide are born preterm, according to the World Health Organization. Defined as birth before completing 37 weeks of gestation, preterm birth and the associated complications are the leading cause of death among children...
by Alfred Poor | August 15, 2018 | General News, Medical
For many reasons, people fail to take their prescription drugs as instructed. Sometimes they forget. Sometimes they don’t want to (or can’t) spend the money to buy the medications. For whatever the reason, however, the estimates for the increased...
by Bruce Brown | August 14, 2018 | General News, Health, Medical
Venture capital Investment in digital health continues to grow as the industry matures. Rock Health published a midyear 2018 report on venture funding which found sustained growth that the group described as indicative of “a stable, emerging investment...
by Alfred Poor | August 14, 2018 | General News, Medical
Mobile medicine is advancing by leaps and bounds. One of the most important diagnostic tools available to healthcare professionals is digital imaging. Having the ability to peer safely inside a living body to identify injury or infection has transformed medical...
by Bruce Brown | August 13, 2018 | General News, Medical
A study conducted for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that while the number of overall hospital emergency department visits decreased 3% in 2015 compared to 2014, non-urgent visits increased by 4.3%. Crowded ER waiting rooms and long wait...
by Alfred Poor | August 13, 2018 | General News, Medical
The eyes have it, as the saying goes. Eyes have long been used by medical professionals to diagnose a wide range of diseases and conditions, many of which are not directly related to vision. New technology is expanding the scope of these diagnoses to include a range...
