Hearing aids might reduce dementia risk
According to a recent study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society found people with hearing loss, using a
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Medical Technology
Molecular Scissors Could Help Keep Some Viral Illnesses At Bay
(By Joe Palca for NPR) It’s not easy to treat viral infections. Just ask anyone with a bad cold or
Read MoreGoogle partners with major U.S. health system, gaining access to vast patient data in the process
(By Casey Ross for STAT) Google has quietly launched a project with one of the nation’s largest nonprofit health systems
Read MoreThis booth can virtually connect patients with clinicians and dispense medications. Will patients use it?
(By Megan Thielking for STAT) TAMPA, Fla. — The bright blue box isn’t big. But squeezed inside it, there’s a
Read MoreCompression Garments Can Ease Lymphedema. Covering Costs? Not So Easy.
(By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez for Kaiser Health News) Every morning, Britta Vander Linden dons compression stockings, a cumbersome process she
Read MoreA Million-Dollar Marketing Juggernaut Pushes 3D Mammograms
(By Liz Szabo for Kaiser Health News) When Dr. Worta McCaskill-Stevens made an appointment for a mammogram last year, she
Read MoreReimaging healthcare for aging boomers
Humana, which manages health benefits for four million people enrolled in its Medicare Advantage plans, is partnering with Microsoft in
Read MoreCompetitor accuses 23andMe of ‘false negatives’ in cancer-gene testing
(By Sharon Begley for STAT) When 23andMe received government permission in 2017 to sell health-related genetic testing, it came with
Read MorePharma tests real-time platform to forestall drug shortages
In response to the hundreds of drug shortages hitting the pharmaceutical industry each quarter, Merck KGaA plans to launch a
Read MorePhone Scammers And ‘Teledoctors’ Charged With Preying On Seniors In Fraud Case
(By Victoria Knight for NPR) Dean Ernest had been living in a nursing home about a year when his son,
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