Recent studies published in the JAMA reported that in states that have legalized medical marijuana prescriptions for opioid painkillers have decreased compared to states that do not have legalized medical marijuana. This may also relate to reduced opioid overdose death rates. There is constant disagreement about the downside of allowing medical marijuana. This is… Read More »
October 24, 2018 Posted By Categories Kevin Lomangino is the managing editor of HealthNewsReview.org. He tweets as @KLomangino. We’ve written extensively about the dark side of medical crowdfunding — how donations meant to help desperate patients may perversely promote useless and dangerous interventions. We’ve also looked at the news industry’s complicity with these misguided campaigns… Read More »
In modern medicine there is a precise cutting tool called CRISPER Cas9 that is capable of precisely altering the genetic sequences in cells. It is much faster, cheaper, easier to use and more accurate than earlier versions. It was discovered in 2013 at UC Berkeley and it galvanized the medical community. Now only five years… Read More »
Being physically active for at least 2.5 hours per week could delay decline in mental capacity in a rare form of Alzheimer’s disease that starts years earlier, according to recently published research. Evidence suggests that a person can alter risk factors for Alzheimers’s disease by adopting a healthy lifestyle. The finding comes from an international… Read More »
Muscular dystrophy is a global disease affecting every race and color, but is most commonly diagnosed in male children. There are several types of MD, the most popular for children being Becker and Duchenne, each of which can be very detrimental to one’s mobility in everyday life. Usually those with MD will eventually be confined… Read More »
Scientists affiliated with Harvard and MIT have been battling with colleagues at University of California, Berkeley over who deserves patents for a revolutionary technology used in medical research. On Monday, the east coast scientists won their case in a federal appeals court. Health : NPR
Free Website Content » Health » Health Care Industry Articles When buying Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Software which is better ASP or Client/Server? Unfortunately there is no right answer. You’ll need to decide what’s important to your practice and what’s not. In this article we’ll explore the advantages and disadvantages of each model so you’ll… Read More »