Researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland have developed an alternative to injections as a way to deliver large drugs, such as peptides, minimally invasively into the blood stream. The suction cup created by these…
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Researchers at MIT have developed an enhanced mRNA vaccine system that can elicit a greater immune response at lower doses. The vaccine technology is so potent that it may be useful for intranasal COVID-19…
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Point of care alerts are helping John M. Robertson, MD – a family medicine specialist at Family Medical Clinic of Harrogate – to ensure that patients are getting preventative care they need to stay…
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Large language models (LLMs) are being integrated into healthcare systems; but these models may recapitulate harmful, race-based medicine. The objective of this study is to assess whether four commercially available large language models (LLMs)…
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In late September, Exo (pronounced “echo”) introduced its handheld ultrasound device named Iris. Last week at HLTH, I stopped by the company’s booth for a demo and to hear more about how the device’s…
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Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a sensor that can monitor transplanted organs for signs of rejection. Patients who receive transplants require immunosuppressive medication to ensure that their body does not reject the transplanted…
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Nurse leaders face a transformative AI landscape. Anna E. Schoenbaum, VP of Digital Health at Penn Medicine, highlights their multifaceted role. While AI offers benefits like disease management and efficiency, concerns around data security…
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Modern management of MS targets No Evidence of Disease Activity (NEDA): no clinical relapses, no magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) disease activity and no disability worsening. While MRI is the principal tool available to neurologists…
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Advanced Parkinson’s disease (PD) is characterized by motor fluctuations including unpredictable oscillations remarkably impairing quality of life. Effective management and development of novel therapies for these response fluctuations largely depend on clinical rating instruments…
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By Sara Heath
October 17, 2023 – A dementia diagnosis is going to cost you, with new data from the University of Michigan showing that individual personal wealth dropped after a diagnosis while out-of-pocket healthcare costs…
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