by Alfred Poor | March 14, 2018 | General News, Medical
Eyes are sensitive organs, yet they are exposed to dust and germs on a daily basis. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), corneal infections are the cause of one in four cases of vision loss worldwide. Often, the cause is microbial keratitis, which can be...
by Bruce Brown | February 9, 2018 | General News, Medical
According to the American College of Surgeons, surgical site infections (SSIs) are the most common form of hospital-acquired infection and the most frequent cause for readmission after surgery. In addition to their frequency, SSI readmissions are costly; the average...
by Bruce Brown | January 17, 2018 | General News, Medical
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the deadliest diseases. In 2016, 1.7 million people worldwide died of causes related to TB and 10.4 million people became sick with the disease. In that same year, according to the CDC, the 9,272 cases of TB in the U.S. were the lowest...
by Bruce Brown | December 19, 2017 | General News, Medical
A recent study published in the American Journal of Medical Quality promotes gameplaying for nurses and health techs. The study argues that smartphone game apps can save potentially thousands of lives and billions of dollars annually. The dramatic outcomes occur by...
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by Kimberly Houston | December 6, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
What if you could know well in advance about health challenges you or your loved ones may face, in time to mitigate or even conquer them? Think about facial recognition technology for a moment; it can correctly identify a single person out of millions. This same kind...
