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by Kimberly Houston | January 23, 2018 | General News, Medical
Many disorders can affect the lungs and compromise a person’s ability to breath properly: asthma, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), pneumonia, emphysema, bronchitis, and pulmonary fibrosis, among others. Many millions of emergency room and ambulatory care...
by Bruce Brown | November 6, 2017 | General News, Medical
If you were making a list of difficult field diagnoses for deadly diseases, pneumonia would be at or near the top. UNICEF reports that “pneumonia kills half a million children under five in sub-Saharan Africa each year.” According to Dr. Mark Young, UNICEF...
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by Alfred Poor | July 13, 2017 | General News, Medical
Congestive heart failure occurs when the heart is not able to pump blood effectively. One of the results of this chronic condition is that fluid builds up in the patient’s body. In time, the lungs start to fill with fluid — as with pneumonia — and...
by Alfred Poor | May 8, 2017 | General News, Medical
Healthcare workers in underdeveloped regions struggle to diagnose and treat even basic illnesses and conditions. One prime example is pneumonia, which is the leading cause of death for children under the age of 5 years old. Doctors and healthcare workers in poor areas...
by Bruce Brown | April 24, 2017 | General News, Medical
Digital medicine collaborations are picking up speed. Just last week, biosensor company Valencell and data analytics firm FirstBeat announced a collaboration. Last year we covered VitalConnect and BePatient, another pair of biosensor and analytics companies, who...
