Social media continues to shape and influence the evolving healthcare landscape.
With the growing number of healthcare apps, patients and providers need to be aware of their benefits, as well as their shortfalls that could affect patient care.
Some promising new methods for delivering vaccinations could mean a pain-free alternative, the elimination of accidental needlesticks and reduced risk of infections.
Social media platforms have given the anti-vaccine faction a significant voice that has undermined advances in public health. Now, in the wake of a global pandemic, healthcare stakeholders may have an opportunity to reclaim the narrative about vaccines with facts, not fiction.
While vaccination rates in the U.S. are rising, they are still too low among all age groups.
For decades, scientists have discussed the concept of a “universal” flu vaccine that could provide broad protection against seasonal and pandemic influenza viruses, and we now have a number of promising vaccine candidates with a realistic chance to fulfill the dream.
Dispelling the many popular myths surrounding this chronic painful disorder that afflicts millions of people will ensure patients can get the treatment they need.
Progress is finally being made to control this deadly disease, including a vaccine to prevent it, but a better understanding of how to diagnose it and care for survivors is needed.
As governments around the world ramp up COVID-19 prevention activities, are other diseases of international importance and their prevention programs suddenly on pause?
Findings suggest CSL112 can boost cholesterol efflux capacity in patients with impaired endogenous HDL function. Encouragingly, several studies have documented its ability to reduce atherosclerotic plaque volume.
This elusive condition often goes undetected, and when left untreated, it can contribute to a host of serious health risks.
With the childhood obesity epidemic escalating, pediatricians can help to prevent and treat it.
