A Doctor’s Best Friend – How Dogs are being Trained to Help Diagnose Illness
McBaine is a one-year-old Springer Spaniel with floppy ears, a sweet face and maybe, the ability to sniff out cancer. This puppy is part of the Penn Vet Working Dog Center at the University of...
U.S. News 2016 Best Nursing Schools Rankings
According to a 2014 Pew Research study, salaries for young professionals who have earned at least a master’s degree are 24% higher than salaries of those who have attained a bachelor’s degree. Graduates with...
UnitedHealth Considering a Departure from Obamacare
At the end of 2016, UnitedHealth Group could make a decision that would leave more than half a million Americans looking for health coverage. UnitedHealth, the country’s largest health insurer, covers more Americans than...
New Cancer Blood Test Technique Uses Labyrinth-Shaped Tubes
A group of University of Michigan chemical engineering and oncology researchers devised a blood test technique that uses the principals of a labyrinth to isolate rare cancer cells for cleaner, more-accurate analysis. A clinical trial...
Cloud-Based Health Records: The Next Step in the Healthcare Revolution
A December 2015 Forbes article by Lyndsey Gilpin addressed the progress the healthcare industry has – but more importantly, hasn’t – made with its management of medical records. The days of paper piles and manila...
Pennsylvania First State to Offer ObamaCare Backup Plan
Pennsylvania is the first state to announce a plan to save people’s ObamaCare support money. The Obama administration is currently reviewing the application from the state, which is requesting to set up its own...
Luxury Hospitals Offering Hotel-like Amenities to Patients
Flat screen televisions, room service meals and massage services are amenities available at many hotels, but these luxurious perks are also starting to appear in hospitals across the country. Some hospitals are so luxurious that...
Not your Ordinary Organ Donation – The Scoop on Fecal Transplants
For decades, transplanting the intestinal microbial fauna from one person to another person has been used in Germany to treat ulcerative colitis and other chronic ailments. Several chronic diseases of the colon are thought...
Government Officials Provide Support to Combat Zika Virus
The Senate recently voted to approve $1.1 billion to fight the Zika virus, but that’s significantly less than the $1.9 billion sought by the White House, according to The New York Times. Considering that the...
Ongoing Travel Health warnings issued for Poland and Japan
Ongoing travel warnings for Poland and Japan have been issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) due to outbreaks of rubella, otherwise known as German measles. The CDC has issued a “level...