A redesigned endoscope for healthcare in low-to-middle income countries
Engineers have developed a prototype endoscope which they say could cut the cost of manufacture from £80,000 to just £40.
Engineers have developed a prototype endoscope which they say could cut the cost of manufacture from £80,000 to just £40.
During a plane ride, Sara Bleich watched a flight attendant take an overweight passenger's drink order. The passenger asked for cranberry juice.
The FDA's mandatory added sugar labeling policy for packaged foods and beverages could generate important health gains and cost-savings for the healthcare system and society, according to a new modeling study.
Researchers have identified key access barriers to antibiotics in low-, middle-, and high-income countries. The report makes several recommendations proposing action on R&D, strengthening regulatory capacities, encouraging the development and diversification of quality local manufacturing, exploring innovative funding to reduce out-of-pocket payments, better treatment guidelines, and awareness raising.
Roughly half of internal medicine physicians report working in a practice that has telehealth technology, according to the results of a survey released by the American College of Physicians (ACP) at its annual Internal Medicine Meeting, held from April 11 to 13 in Philadelphia.
More than half of internal medicine graduates in 2016 and 2017 pursued a career in primary care, according to a study published online April 8 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
An increasingly popular form of health insurance touted for its money-saving potential has not reduced spending on unnecessary medical services, a new study shows. Researchers from the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics and the RAND Corp