Health news
24
Mar
(HuffPost) ‘Empire’ Star Jussie Smollett Reminds Us That AIDS Isn’t A Problem Of The Past
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Madina Toure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDGl99bRb90
03/21/2016 05:36 pm ET
Rahel Gebreyes
Editor, HuffPost Live
With about 1.2 mill...
23
Mar
Medicare Proposal Aims to Prevent Diabetes (NYT)
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration plans on Wednesday to propose expanding Medicare to cover programs to prevent diabetes among mill...
17
Mar
New dengue vaccine shows promise (CNN)
(CNN)A new type of dengue vaccine called TV003 seems to protect people against at least one type of the virus, according to a small stu...
14
Mar
New York to Discard Prescription Pads, and Doctors’ Handwriting, in Digital Shift (NYT)
One morning this month, Silvia Cota, a nurse supervisor in the emergency room at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, gathered her nurses ...
10
Mar
New Procedure Allows Kidney Transplants From Any Donor (NYT)
In the anguishing wait for a new kidney, tens of thousands of patients on waiting lists may never find a match because their immune sys...
05
Mar
Has Cancer’s weak spot be found? (CNN)
(CNN)A new breakthrough in cancer research could lead to a novel form of cancer treatment -- one that is highly specialized for each pa...
19
Feb
Technology is a key driver to overcome healthcare challenges in Africa (IT News Africa)
Healthcare in Africa differs widely, depending on the country and also the region—those living in urban areas are more likely to receiv...
19
Feb
Another robotic first in Africa achieved (IT News Africa)
The Urology Hospital in Pretoria has successfully conducted Africa’s first robotic assisted removal of a cancerous bladder (cystectomy)...
18
Feb
Scientists Just 3D Printed a Transplantable Human Ear (Gizmodo)
Scientists have developed an innovative 3D bioprinter capable of generating replacement tissue that’s strong enough to withstand transp...
03
Feb
(AFK Insider) Gates Foundation Pays For Contraceptive Delivery By Drone To African Women
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By Dana Sanchez
Published: January 29, 2016, 3:26 pm
Drones are delivering contraceptives to hard-to-reach Ghanaian villages in...