Scientists Race To Improve ‘Living Drugs’ To Fight Cancer
(By Rob Stein for NPR) Aaron Reid is lying in a hospital bed at the National Institutes of Health when
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Can a phone app’s warnings to avoid risky friends and places prevent opioid addiction relapses?
(By Orly Nadell Farber for STAT) You’re in recovery from opioid addiction, and your walk to work takes you down
Read MoreAstro-CHARM to enhance cardiovascular risk prediction for astronauts and the general population
A new online tool to more accurately predict who among those ages 40-65 is at the highest risk of suffering
Read MoreWalgreens’ “Find Care Now” digital health service
Walgreens has launched an mHealth platform designed to give its estimated 5 million active members access to healthcare services. The
Read MoreHealthcare is one of Microsoft’s multibillion dollar businesses
(By Julie Spitzer for Becker’s Hospital Review) With 1,100 employees and 168,000 customers, Microsoft’s healthcare unit is a multibillion dollar
Read MorePotential DNA damage from CRISPR has been ‘seriously underestimated,’ study finds
(By Sharon Begley for STAT) From the earliest days of the CRISPR-Cas9 era, scientists have known that the first step
Read MoreTo Improve Treatments, Researchers Want To Hunt For Clues In Medical Records
(By Richard Harris for NPR) When you go to your doctor’s office, sometimes it seems the caregivers spend more time
Read MorePharmaceutical, biotech companies cited as biggest drivers of high healthcare costs
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) Pharmaceutical and biotech companies have the biggest effect on healthcare costs, most healthcare
Read MoreHow Highly Focused Sound Waves Steadied A Farmer’s Trembling Hand
(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) Alan Dambach was in his late 50s when he noticed how unsteady his hands had
Read MoreNew approach to breast cancer screening — tailoring guidelines for each patient — may save lives and money, study says
(By Orly Nadell Farber for STAT) Preventive care experts have been divided for years on how to best counsel women
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