Olli Jarva, Synopsys’s Software Integrity Group managing consultant, opined that hackers find healthcare data of more value than credit card or social security details, referring to the recent ransomware attack on Singapore’s government health database.
The research team from Stanford University have invented a novel wearable that could measure the level of a patient’s cortisol from their sweat. Cortisol is a hormone linked to stress, which takes several days to test. This scientific discovery was recently published in Science Advances.
In a recent launch, Novartis’ Galaxies of Hope neuroendocrine tumor app received an additional bump from Apple. The “Featured App” status in the first week itself helped in receiving positive reviews and downloads for the community-building app.
Bayer announced on last Friday that it would stop the sales of its Essure birth control system in the United States by the end of this year due to a steady decline in its sales making the product no longer justifiable. Bayer insisted that its decision to discontinue Essure sales is only for business reasons and not for any safety or efficacy concerns.
Scientists from the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered a probable remedial target for kidney cancers with the same genetic alteration. It is well-known fact to scientists that this change in the genetic patterns can result in a plethora of blood vessels, which form a channel for nutrients to reach the tumors.
A Spanish research team who gained fame for introducing the MRI-based formula that grades the activity of luminal Crohn’s disease in 2011, recently developed and tested a fresh, easier adaptation of their MRI score that leads to a swifter assessment.
Matt Hancock, new Health and Social Care Secretary, announced that information technology would be among his prime subject of focus for the betterment of National Health Service.
An organized cyberattack on the Singapore government’s health database caused a leak of 1.5 million patients’ records, including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, for nearly an entire week.
Telemedicine helps Nashville-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center take its kidney transplant program to the people of Tennessee and give them the prospect to be screened for a transplant and bring constant care within their reach.
A report in Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics revealed that Liver stiffness and liver fat (steatosis) in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infected patients improved considerably post-treatment with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) resulting in sustained virological response (SVR). A fall in ALT levels and a rise in platelet count was observed six months after SVR.
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