Healthcare

A team of four, led by physician assistant Brett Feldman, search for sick homeless individuals living on the streets of Downtown Los Angeles. Street medicine teams like these are growing across the nation in order to provide for homeless populations who do not have access to healthcare. Feldman’s…

Lily Lee and Joshua Berlinger — CNN World The US Embassy in Beijing confirmed that a 60-year-old US national has died from the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China on Thursday. Authorities believe this to be the first foreigner to die from the coronavirus. This was followed by China’s deadliest day…

A recent study carried out by researchers at the University of Helsinki found that there existed a significantly higher number of allergy cases on Finland’s side of the border in comparison to Russian’s side. This difference in allergy count is suspected to be as a result of the different exposure…

The Wuhan coronavirus is believed to have started in a food market. There have been over 50 fatalities, and over 1,900 confirmed cases of the disease in 11 different countries. Canada has now reported its first case of the virus, and all that were in contact with the man in Toronto are being…

Doctors have been increasing the prescriptions for Benzodiazepines. Doctors will often prescribe these for anxiety, agitation, or sleeplessness, but over a long period they can become addictive. There also seems to be an increasing number of Benzodiazepine overdoses, and analysts believe this is…

The life expectancy for children with cancer has increased. New approaches towards pediatric cancer shows more than 80% of children and adolescents with cancer survive for at least five years. They are also more likely to face serious health issues and premature death in adulthood. click here

The process of boarding involves having hospital patients stay in the emergency room while waiting for an inpatient bed. Named a “national crisis,” boarding in hospitals is a common occurrence in emergency rooms across America. For more information, click here.

Since 2013, Mercy Care has operated several clinics throughout the city of Atlanta to treat homeless people. This public health strategy is present in dozens of cities in the United States. For more information, click here. 

The number of hospitals and physicians in rural regions of the United States are decreasing, leading to the emergence of telemedicine centers. These centers employ physicians and emergency nurses to provide remote 24 hour emergency medical care to understaffed, rural hospitals across 30 states.…

Two new studies have shown that other than being a deadly disease itself, the measles virus has the power to inflict damage on the victim’s immune system even after it has been cured. This happens because the virus kills cells that make antibodies, which are essential for the immune system to…

A young 31 year old woman was diagnosed with lung cancer, and has never smoked a day in her life. She was an athlete with a daily work out routine until one day she noticed she was having discomfort and her work outs were becoming harder to complete. Doctors told her she is just working too hard…

Companies that sell fitness tracking devices marketed the idea that taking 10,000 steps a day is optimal for our health. However, a study shows that health outcomes do generally improve as the number of steps increase in the participating population, however, the outcomes seem to be the same above…

“Research reveal that almost 40% of women physicians go part-time or leave medicine altogether within six years of completing their residencies The primary reason? Family” (Paturel). While most research has labeled gender discrimination to be the primary reason for limited career opportunities for…

This month Walmart opened up its first Health Center in Dallas, Georgia, offering a variety of healthcare services, with costs as low as $10. Other rivals of Walmart in the healthcare market include Walgreens and CVS Health. These major retailers are entering the health care market now, since many…