by Alfred Poor | December 3, 2018 | General News, Health
Part of a worldwide epidemic, more than 72,000 people in the U.S. died from drug overdoses in 2017. Opioid pain killers — both prescribed and illicit — pay a major role in this statistic. The FDA is actively involved in addressing this crisis. One part of...
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by Bruce Brown | February 13, 2018 | General News, Health
The winter 2017-2018 flu season rages on, with millions of U.S. victims getting very sick with a malady that takes a long time to move on. Seasonal influenza, aka the flu, has a hospitalization rate of 51.4 per 100,000 people, higher than rate recorded at this stage...
by Alfred Poor | July 22, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
Royal Philips has released the results of a worldwide study of healthcare, in which it takes measure of the “Future Health Index” (FHI). The study attempts to connect current health and medical trends to advances in technology that could help improve...
by Bruce Brown | July 7, 2016 | General News, Medical
It’s safe to say the whole world is concerned if not terrified by the Zika virus. Particularly now that it has been discovered that the virus can be spread by sexual contact by previously infected males for at least 62 days after infection, even if the...
