FDA greenlights predictive algorithm system for sudden patient deaths
(By Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review) The FDA on Jan. 8 cleared Excel Medical’s patient surveillance and predictive algorithm system. Continue
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Study: App may encourage Type 2 diabetes patients to manage care with exercise
(By Jessica Kim Cohen for Becker’s Hospital Review) An interactive educational app focused on the role of exercise in Type
Read MoreHip fractures on the rise
According to a new study of Medicare recipients, the incidence of hip fractures in older women in the U.S is
Read MoreInside The Global Race To Deliver A Vital Radioactive Isotope Used To Detect Cancer
(By Sarah Varney for Kaiser Health News) JANESVILLE, Wis. — In a cornfield here, past the shuttered General Motors plant
Read MorePostcard From Sacramento: Alzheimer’s ‘Looks Like Me, It Looks Like You’
(By Ana B. Ibarra for Kaiser Health News) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Until last year, Jackie Coleman was a disability rights
Read MoreWhen You Need A Breast Screening, Should You Get A 3-D Mammogram?
(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) When I went to the imaging center for my regular mammogram last year,
Read MoreA severe flu season is stretching hospitals thin. That is a very bad omen
(By Helen Branswell for STAT) A tsunami of sick people has swamped hospitals in many parts of the country in
Read MoreChoosing hospice care for loved ones
According to Time magazine, there are 4,000 plus hospice agencies that severed about 1.4 million Medicare patients in the United
Read MoreMedicare Advantage Disenrollment Period ends February 14th
If you are not happy with your current Medicare Advantage health plan, you have until February 14th to make changes
Read MoreFor Now, Sequencing Cancer Tumors Holds More Promise Than Proof
(By Richard Harris for NPR) People diagnosed with cancer understandably reach for the very best that medical science has to
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