The monsoon is a time to bid goodbye to the harsh heat and rejoice. But, despite the refreshing rain there are certain problems with the season, like people’s increased susceptibility to diseases. Contaminated food and water is often the number one cause for getting sick during the monsoon. Illnesses range ... Read More »
Salt Lake City — (KUTV) The eighth case of Zika virus has been reported in Utah. This most recent case has health experts stumped. Officials say the patient has recovered, but they’re not sure how they contracted the disease. Previously experts have told the American public that Zika is passed ... Read More »
Much like it did with its Surface tablet products, Microsoft is inching closer to an ultimate fix for Android battery drain issues for its Microsoft Health app. Yesterday a new update was made available – only for Android – that is intended to further help battery usage, restore phone step ... Read More »
Detoxers usually avoid burritos — at least the carb-bomb kind. But over the past year, celebs have flocked to LA’s Shape House, a so-called “urban sweat lodge” that wraps its VIP clients in infrared sauna blankets that eerily resemble the Tex-Mex staple. Selena Gomez credits the heated wraps, which promise ... Read More »
Oh no! Michael Schumacher’s current health condition is reportedly taking a toll on his mental health as the embattled Formula One (F1) superstar struggles for recovery following the injuries he sustained during an unfortunate skiing accident at the French Alpine resort of Meribel almost three years ago. After coming out ... Read More »
Steve Anderson gives us a Yuuuuuuuge edition of the latest health wonk review over at medicareresources.org. “The big – make that yuuuuuuug – picture,” writes Anderson includes a Health Affairs Blog post by David Cutler in response to the recent National Health Expenditure Projections published in Health Affairs. The next edition will be hosted by Jason Shafrin ... Read More »
At least 26 people, including five children, who were injured in the truck attack in France’s NIce on July 14, are currently on life support, French Ministry of Health said in a statement on Saturday. After a 31-year-old Tunisian man drove a truck ramming into crowds of people celebrating the French ... Read More »
Aware that students in Oregon’s largest school district faced danger from lead paint, radon and tainted drinking water this year, the Portland school board pressed pause this week on buying something else some parents say could harm children’s health. Uncrustables. Yes, the individually packaged peanut butter and jelly sandwiches from Smucker’s lack ... Read More »
Health research studies come a dime a dozen, but here are some interesting, and sometimes quirky, recent entries into the U.S. National Library of Medicine: ▪ Farmers, fishers and foresters have some of the highest suicide rates in the U.S. – five times greater than the average adult, according to a ... Read More »
Two years since that fatal ski accident and Michael Schumacher went from being a legendary racer to an accident victim, losing life and hope with every passing day. The accident that occurred in the French Alps on Dec. 29, 2013, left Schumacher with a serious brain hemorrhage. Until now, not ... Read More »
Imprivata, based in Lexington, Massachusetts, provides software and identity authentication tools for health care organizations to securely access and share patient information, collaborate, access medical devices and ID patients. In the first quarter, Imprivata reported a net loss of $6.7 million, the same loss reported for the first quarter of ... Read More »
Grand jurors criticized the district — which no longer owns and operates a hospital or other direct care assets to deliver acute health care solutions — for spending more time managing real estate holdings than focusing on its core mission to provide medical services. East Bay Times: Alameda County Grand ... Read More »
