A Digital NHS Health Check that will deliver one million checks is to be rolled out across England from next spring, the government has announced today.The current NHS Health Check has helped to prevent…
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By Mark Melchionna
June 27, 2023 – A new California Institute of Technology (Caltech) study describes a novel wearable skin sensor that can detect a liver-secreted protein known as the C-reactive protein (CRP), which is often…
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TrueCare is a community health center in the North San Diego and Riverside Counties area focused on providing quality healthcare to underserved communities.THE PROBLEM
Because it is a community health center, it provides care to…
By Sara Heath
June 12, 2023 – If your food security program doesn’t offer subsidies, you’re doing it wrong, one new study in Marketing Science found.
When faced with the choice to buy healthier foods or cheaper…
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A new study found that CT scans are more accurate than genetics in predicting heart disease risk in middle-aged adults. The study, which looked at data from 3,208 adults, found that CT scans were…
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By Shania Kennedy
May 30, 2023 – Computed tomography (CT) scans for coronary artery calcium significantly improved risk predictions for heart disease in middle-aged patients compared to polygenic risk scores, according to a study published last…
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By Mark Melchionna
May 17, 2023 – In collaboration with AMC Health, the University Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) is adding remote patient monitoring (RPM) technologies to care for chronic conditions with the goal of lowering costs,…
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By Mark Melchionna
May 02, 2023 – Published in Advanced Electronic Materials, new research from the University of Texas at Austin describes a newly developed electronic tattoo device that allows for consistent heart disease monitoring through…
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Stanford Medicine researchers developed an AI algorithm to analyze Reddit posts regarding statins to understand patient perceptions. Of the 10,000 posts analyzed, 30% expressed negative views on statins, with many patients mistrusting the correlation…
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By Mark Melchionna
April 28, 2023 – Researchers at Stanford Medicine developed an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that can analyze Reddit data containing patient perceptions of statins, assessing positive and negative feedback along with discussion…
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