Mission and Money Clash in Nonprofit Hospitals’ Venture Capital Ambitions
(By Jordan Rau for Kaiser Health News) Cone Health, a small not-for-profit health care network in North Carolina, spent several
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A lucky few seem ‘resistant’ to Covid-19. Scientists want to know why
(By Amitha Kalaichandran for STAT) Her husband collapsed just before reaching the top of the stairs in their small one-bedroom
Read MoreReserve purple wristbands to identify DNR status, FDA tells device makers
(By Erica Carbajal for Becker’s Hospital Review) The FDA is asking medical device manufacturers to avoid giving purple wristbands to
Read MoreThe Newest Disease Detection Tool for Covid and Beyond: Poop
(By Anna Maria Barry-Jester for Kaiser Health News) Since reopening campus at the University of California-San Diego last summer, university
Read MoreMedicare Part B covers wheelchairs and scooters — with specific conditions and requirements.
If you have Medicare and need a wheelchair or scooter to get around your home due to a medical condition,
Read MoreTranscranial magnetic stimulation a possible treatment for Alzheimer’s disease
Around 6.2 million Americans aged 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s disease. With no effective interventions for disease prevention
Read MoreDéjà Vu? Consumers Scramble for Covid Tests in Hard-Hit Areas
(By Phil Galewitz and Rachel Bluth and Rae Ellen Bichell for Kaiser Health News) Andrea Mosterman, an associate professor of
Read MoreNew scanning technology could help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease using light
(Source – www.blogs.va.gov) Researchers with the VA Bedford and VA Boston health care systems have developed a non-invasive optical technique
Read MoreHow a 3D-printed graft could speed healing of ruptured eardrums
(By Kevin Lin for STAT) In the weeks that followed the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, doctors saw a flood of
Read MoreExperimental Brain Implant Lets Man With Paralysis Turn His Thoughts Into Words
(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) A man who is unable to move or speak can now generate words and sentences
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