Background: Promoting physical activity (PA) and healthy feeding (HF) is crucial to address the alarming increase in obesity rates in developing countries. Leveraging mobile phones for behavior change communication to encourage infant PA and…
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Medical tourism, the practice of traveling abroad for medical treatment, has been a popular choice for individuals seeking cost-effective, timely, and high-quality healthcare services.
Estimated to be worth $54.4 billion in 2020, the medical tourism…
The World Health Organization said it has expanded its generative artificial intelligence assistant, first launched during the COVID-19 pandemic as Florence, to help people everywhere live healthier lives.S.A.R.A.H, or Sarah, was created using an…
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In an April 2 letter, a group of over 200 stakeholders urged the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to release a revised proposed rule that would “permit and regulate the prescribing of controlled substances through…
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John Auerbach, SVP Federal Health, ICF
Given the attention paid to the devastating impact of COVID-19, one might assume it was the leading cause of death in the US. But while the fatalities were stark…
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A rapidly evolving digital infrastructure offers great potential for population health in the UK, but a “learning health system” needs to be expanded upon to take full advantage of its opportunities, speakers told a…
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Becky Kahn, Chief Client Officer at Works & Trusted Health
It’s no secret that health systems across the U.S. continue to struggle with the nurse shortage despite concerted efforts from federal officials to grow the…
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By Anuja Vaidya
March 26, 2024 – A significant proportion of patients continued to choose telehealth even when in-person care was widely available in 2022, with female and chronic care patients being the most likely to…
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By Shania Kennedy
March 26, 2024 – Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a deep learning-based model to detect COVID-19 infection using lung ultrasound images, according to a study published recently in Communications Medicine.
The automated detection tool…
Cutting-edge technology revolutionizes COVID-19 diagnosis through lung ultrasound images, offering swift and accurate detection. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University developed an automated tool akin to facial recognition, which swiftly identifies COVID-19 indicators in lung…
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