WellTheory, a virtual care platform for autoimmune diseases, has partnered with Maven Clinic to offer its employees access to nutrition and lifestyle coaching. WellTheory provides two virtual visits per month and unlimited messaging with coaches specializing in autoimmune diseases. Maven Clinic focuses on women’s health and offers reproductive and family health services. The partnership allows…
Many patients are being billed for preventive care services despite the ACA’s guarantee that these should be free. The gray areas of the law have allowed for creative billing practices that result in patients being blindsided by unexpected bills. Examples include charges for mentioning health concerns during a preventive visit, being billed for a “new…
A recent survey conducted in the Netherlands showed that most cardiologists do not routinely screen for cognitive impairment in older patients with heart failure, despite its recommendation in current guidelines. The survey included 36 respondents, only 3% of whom performed structured cognitive screening, and 83% of whom noted that not enough attention is paid to…
The COVID vaccines have saved approximately 20 million lives globally and produced substantial revenue for pharmaceutical companies. Despite the significant investment in these vaccines, funding for experimental vaccines for various diseases has remained low. The report by the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) highlighted that only 3.4% of all venture capital raised for biopharma companies in…
Mark Mortimer Crosse was born in Haverfordwest, Wales, and grew up in a military family. He attended Westminster School and turned down a Royal Air Force flying scholarship to study medicine at Queens’ College, Cambridge. Despite his interest in aviation, he completed his clinical training at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London and became a well-respected…
A novel learning-based framework has been created by researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington to help Alzheimer’s patients accurately pinpoint where they are within the disease-development spectrum. This new DETree framework, developed by researchers Zhu and Wang, was tested using data from 266 individuals with Alzheimer’s and proved to be more accurate than…
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has been renamed metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) and includes a range of liver conditions. Liver biopsy is the main diagnostic tool for identifying non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), but it has limitations and risks. Ultrasound and MRI can’t differentiate between NASH and NAFLD. Researchers have developed a noninvasive testing method…
John Birmingham’s was alarmed when his wife Lola, the owner of a hat company, suffered from transient global amnesia (TGA). TGA is a short-term memory loss condition that primarily affects people between 50 and 70 years old. Lola was struggling to form new memories, leading her to become disoriented and confused. The condition typically lasts…
A study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found that the vaccine Cervarix effectively protected women from cervical cancer when administered between ages 12 and 13. Data was collected from 447,845 women in Scotland, with no cases of cervical cancer found among those vaccinated at ages 12-13, regardless of the number of…
Advancing technology has led to a decline in traditional handwritten note-taking, with typing on a keyboard becoming the norm. However, a study found that writing by hand may improve brain connectivity compared to typing. Researchers examined brain activity of 36 university students while writing or typing words, and found increased connectivity in different brain regions…
