Signing up for a life insurance policy is a major life decision. No one wants to think about morbid topics like death, funerals, and a personal will, but these are subjects that must be confronted in order to ensure our family members are taken care of after we are gone. Taking out a life insurance… Read More »
Health Data Management is now accepting nominations for its fourth annual Most Powerful Women in Healthcare IT Awards. Nominations will be accepted throughout March, with a deadline of March 31 for participation. The recognition program highlights the professional achievements and leadership of women in the healthcare information technology industry. Nominations will be accepted in these… Read More »
Eight out of 10 knee replacements and six out of 10 hip replacements last as long as 25 years, says a large study from the University of Bristol. This is much longer than believed, the researchers said, and the findings will help patients and surgeons decide when to carry out surgery. To date, there has… Read More »
Seafood include both finned fish and shellfish. Finned fish most commonly associated with allergic reactions include salmon, tuna and halibut.1 Finned fish and shellfish allergies are not related, so being allergic to one doesn’t necessarily mean you are allergic to the other. A true Immunoglobulin-E (IgE) mediated allergic reaction to finned fish may be life-threatening,… Read More »
Getty ImagesMihajlo Maricic / EyeEm Let’s get this out of the way up front: The scientific consensus is that genetically modified (GM) foods are safe to eat. That hasn’t stopped people from ginning up controversy around them; it’d been decades now, and we’re still hearing alarmist rhetoric about “Frankenfoods.” But a new study finds that… Read More »
It’s not clear why women are becoming disproportionately affected. (iStock) The drug overdose death rate among women in the U.S. has greatly increased, according to data released this week in the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s morbidity and mortality report. Specifically, the data revealed the drug overdose death rate has hit middle-aged women particularly hard. In… Read More »
Watch those stress levels tomorrow – 10pm on Christmas Eve is the most likely time for a heart attack. Researchers trawled through details of 283,000 heart attacks between 1998 and 2013 to find out what days were most lethal. While an average of 50 heart attacks were recorded every day, that number climbed to 69… Read More »