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Turkish doctor invents app to detect anemia in 2 seconds

Turkish doctor invents app to detect anemia in 2 seconds

Director of Emergency and Disaster Medicine at Brown University, Dr. Selim Suner has developed a medical app that can measure anemia intraocularly in just two seconds without taking a blood sample from the patient. Using Suner’s artificial intelligence-based eMoglobin app, a patient’s level of anemia can be instantly measured using a square photograph taken with …

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Healthcare - Review recommends changes for FDA food program

Healthcare – Review recommends changes for FDA food program

Leave it to Ticketmaster to unite Republicans and Democrats: The bipartisan members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee want a briefing on the Taylor Swift debacle. Today in health care lawmakers are on the verge of getting rid of the Pentagon’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. But first, an outside panel released a scathing critique of …

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The holy grail of precision medicine - co-development of companion therapeutics and diagnostics - has yet to reach its potential

The holy grail of precision medicine – co-development of companion therapeutics and diagnostics – has yet to reach its potential

The doctor offers a personalized drug through a genomic test. Getty At the Illumina Genomics Forum conference this fall, former President Obama explained that precision medicine has a “significant role to play in making the healthcare system more efficient and producing better outcomes,” but it has yet to realize its full potential. Indeed, precision medicine …

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State seeks federal waiver to cut drug costs

State seeks federal waiver to cut drug costs

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FDA change ushers in cheaper, easier-to-get hearing aids

FDA change ushers in cheaper, easier-to-get hearing aids

It’s now much easier — and cheaper — for many hearing-impaired Americans to get help. Hearing aids can now be sold without a prescription from a specialist. Over-the-counter, or OTC, hearing aids began hitting the market in October at prices that can be thousands of dollars lower than prescription hearing aids. About 30 million people …

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FDA says lab-grown meat is safe to eat, but is it healthy?

FDA says lab-grown meat is safe to eat, but is it healthy?

Key points to remember The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently deemed meat cultured using animal cells safe for human consumption. Although these alternatives to traditionally produced animal meats are not yet available to consumers, the FDA’s decision is a key step in the process. Lab-grown options may offer similar nutritional benefits, but less environmental …

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Healthcare - FDA Suspends Authorization of Latest COVID Antibody Drug

Healthcare – FDA Suspends Authorization of Latest COVID Antibody Drug

RIP to Christine McVie, the singer-songwriter responsible for some of Fleetwood Mac’s greatest hits. In healthcare today, the rise of the novel COVID-19 omicron BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 subvariants has led to the only remaining monoclonal antibody therapy no longer being cleared by the FDA. Welcome to night health care, where we follow the latest developments …

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Patients take a standard dose of the drug under supervision.  Sessions with a therapist then help people come to terms with their trauma

MDMA could be approved in the US within MONTHS: a ‘statistically significant’ rave drug in the treatment of PTSD

MDMA could be available in US hospitals in 2024 after showing promise as a powerful treatment for PTSD. Researchers behind a landmark federally funded trial told DailyMail.com they expect to submit a new drug application within months. The US Food and Drug Administration will make a decision on approval perhaps as soon as six months …

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