Walmart’s idea of “optimized networks” to improve healthcare
Walmart has been awarded a patent for a system that would store a person’s medical information in a blockchain database.
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Medical Technology
Results Of At-Home Genetic Tests For Health Can Be Hard To Interpret
(By Rob Stein for NPR) Rita Adele Steyn’s mother had a double mastectomy in her 40s because she had so
Read MoreApple Watch could soon be able to detect, monitor Parkinson’s disease
(By Julie Spitzer for Becker’s Hospital Review) Apple is opening up a new “movement disorder” application programming interface to help
Read MoreA serious new hurdle for CRISPR: Edited cells might cause cancer, two studies find
(By Sharon Begley for STAT) Editing cells’ genomes with CRISPR-Cas9 might increase the risk that the altered cells, intended to treat disease,
Read MoreAntisense therapy
A new approach to killing C. difficile, the most common hospital-acquired bacterial infection in the US, is called antisense therapy.
Read MoreTherapy Made From Patient’s Immune System Shows Promise For Advanced Breast Cancer
(By Rob Stein for NPR) Doctors at the National Institutes of Health say they’ve apparently completely eradicated cancer from a
Read MoreA new cancer care dilemma: Patients want immunotherapy even when evidence is lacking
(By Casey Ross for STAT) Immunotherapy is a source of great hope in cancer care. It has rescued some patients from
Read MoreFor Some Breast Cancer Patients, The Chemo Decision Just Got Easier
(By Sara Kiley Watson for NPR) For many breast cancer patients, one of the most difficult treatment decisions is whether
Read MoreFDA’s innovation challenge
The Food and Drug Administration is accepting proposals from developers aimed at encouraging the development of medical devices or with
Read MoreThe health care industry is being transformed, one deal at a time
(By Thad Kresho for STAT) More than 200 health care deals representing $72.6 billion were announced in the first quarter
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