Harmless or hormone disorder? A new test enables quick diagnosis for drinking by the liter
Drinking excessive amounts of fluids can be a medically unremarkable habit, but it could also signify a rare hormone disorder. […]
Pairing an online patient dashboard with “nudges” to doctors tripled statin prescribing rates in a clinical trial led by Penn […] Scientists at the University of Birmingham are one step closer to developing an eye drop that could revolutionise treatment for […] On average, patients get about 11 seconds to explain the reasons for their visit before they are interrupted by their […] Anyone lost in a desert hallucinating mirages knows that extreme dehydration discombobulates the mind. But just two hours of vigorous […] Researchers at the University of Waterloo have found that sentiments in the nursing notes of health care providers are good […] Personalized medicine — delivering therapies specially tailored to a patient’s unique physiology — has been a goal of researchers and […] Hospitals today spend a lot of time and effort to protect their patients from developing new infections while they’re hospitalized […] Around 25 percent of Medicare spending in the U.S. occurs in the last year of people’s lives. This is sometimes […] When University of Delaware molecular biologist Adam Marsh was studying the DNA of worms living in Antarctica’s frigid seas to […]Today’s Healthcare
‘Nudging’ doctors to prescribe cholesterol-lowering statins triples prescription rates: Behavioral economics approach could boost the use of a life-saving medication
Researchers are one step closer to developing eye drops to treat common sight loss condition
Wait, just a second, is your doctor listening?
As we get parched, cognition can easily sputter, dehydration study says
Nursing notes can help indicate whether ICU patients will survive
Unique brain ‘fingerprint’ can predict drug effectiveness: Technique can be used to better categorize patients with neurological disease, according to their therapeutic needs
Does a full hospital mean higher infection risk?
Study debunks notion that large chunks of Medicare go to lost causes: The value of late-in-life health care spending
Deep data dive helps predict cerebral palsy