A New Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease Shines Light for Patients Canadian researchers have developed an innovative breakthrough, that is, a new experimental brain stimulation treatment for patients with Parkinson’s Disease. This new treatment is said to restore the hope that patients will be able to regain strength and movement in their body through the [...]
Mind-Reading Technology Decodes Thoughts into Speech With the aid of Artificial Intelligence Technology, a team of scientists at the University of California, San Francisco, has recently developed a brain implant that is capable of reading people’s mind and translating their thoughts into speech. The discovery is ‘life-changing’ as it could be helping those who [...]
Global Men’s Health Awareness Week June 10th to the 16th marks the 2019 International Men’s Health Week, an observance meant to bring awareness to all male health issues as well as the preventative measures taken. Recognised by World Health Organisation, WHO, International Men’s Health Week was launched in 1994 due to the rising concerns [...]
The Power of Data- A Personal Touch in Recruitment Modern technology has allowed the exponential growth in the availability of data and computational storage. Data is now present in every automated device imaginable from digital platforms to mobile phones. The result is a data-driven world fueled by a frenzy of competitive analytical leaders who are constantly [...]
Smart Shirt detects Surgeon’s Stress Levels Researchers used real-world data generated through a smart shirt to conduct a study determining the stress levels that surgeons experience in the operating room. Their findings revealed that surgeons were liable to make up to more than 66 per cent mistakes on patients. The study was led by [...]
World No Tobacco Day May 31st 2019 marks the World No Tobacco Day, a date that promotes the awareness of the harmful effects that tobacco can have on the human body. Recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the annual event discourages the use of first and second-hand smoke exposure in hopes of establishing [...]
Generics and Biosimilar Products to be Launched in Europe EU launches medical generic and biosimilar products In the pharmaceutical field, generics and biosimilars have proven to be an essential way to combat the rising costs of medicine all the while maintaining the offer of high-quality products that satisfy both patients and buyers alike. Hence, such products keep in line the need to have medicine and healthcare affordable and accessible to all. When the announcement was made in April 2019 that an easier production of generics and biosimilars in [...]
Workforce Adaptability and Flexibility in the Healthcare Industry In recent years, the healthcare system has been enduring the strain of the increasing demands to rectify health workforce shortages and limit corresponding expenditures. Current solutions for staff shortages may have created some ease, but it must be met with gratifying results that would ultimately produce [...]
The Healthcare System: Encouraging the Antibiotics Business In April 2019, biopharmaceutical company Achaogen, a reliable player in the global market for its newly released Zemdri (plazomicin) drug treating tract and bloodstream infections, has filed for bankruptcy. It is not necessarily a surprise for a business to fail, but a concern arises when formally stable [...]
The Price for Medical Drugs Are On The Rise When pharmaceutical company Nostrum Laboratories bought over an old but commonly used antibiotic to treat urinary tract infections, no one took much notice. However, when it was soon discovered that that company raised the price of their antibiotic drug by more than 400 percent, everyone [...]
