2020 and 2021 saw the mainstreaming of telehealth and the rise of remote patient monitoring. These changes to the healthcare landscape were helped in part by requirements of the COVID-19 pandemic and in part by the subsequent loosening of telemedicine reimbursement and licensure regulations by the government. But what’s to happen in 2022? Will the government and commercial payers continue […]

Biomedical scientists at the University of California, Riverside, propose a way for drugs to be more effective against inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, in which the intestine undergoes inflammation. IBD, a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestine, includes Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. It is commonly treated with one of several available biological drugs that block an inflammatory molecule called […]

‘I wondered if I would die’: Why experts say you should never ignore a mole that appears after you hit 40 Liz Elgar is the first to admit she might appear overzealous about sun protection. ‘I’m that mother you see in the park or on the beach running around after her children applying a thick layer of factor 50,’ she […]

In a recent study published on the bioRxiv* preprint server, a team of researchers describes the genomic region encompassing the furin cleavage site (FCS) in the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Study: Genomic determinants of Furin cleavage in diverse European SARS-related bat coronaviruses. Image Credit: Rudmer Zwerver / Shutterstock.com Background SARS-CoV-2 belongs to the species of severe acute […]

Omicron variant sparks business, school closures Fox News medical contributor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat joined ‘Fox News Live’ to discuss the new variant and what it could mean for looming closures. COVID-19 pandemic paradox: people still feel powerless despite unprecedented scientific progress as many across the world suffer loneliness  As the world enters the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic and […]

Trust Me, I’m a Doctor: Mosley demonstrates at home exercises We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info A Japanese research paper looking at the health impacts of […]

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5video A woman was shocked and terrified when huge warts sprung up all over her arm tattoo and started to spread everywhere. Jade Harvey thought it was just a skin reaction when she noticed the lumps bulging out of her snake ink shortly after getting pregnant. […]

Artificial intelligence can predict which people who attend memory clinics will develop dementia within two years with 92 percent accuracy, a largescale new study has concluded. Using data from more than 15,300 patients in the US, research from the University of Exeter found that a form of artificial intelligence called machine learning can accurately tell who will go on to […]

Isis Daniel hadn’t thought much about wine until her friend told her, “You look like you should be drinking wine,” and took her to a wine bar to try a cabernet, prompting her journey to become one of the internet’s most sought after wine experts. Isis Daniel, sommelier With mentorship from sommelier Maia Parish, classes from Capital Wine School in […]

Chris Whitty says that Omicron will peak 'really quite fast' We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Since it was first detected in the UK last month, […]