Over the past decade, health insurance companies have increasingly embraced the use of artificial intelligence algorithms. Unlike doctors and hospitals, which use AI to help diagnose and treat patients, health insurers use these algorithms…
Category: 5. Health
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3Daughters redesigns IUD to eliminate insertion pain for women.
3Daughters painless IUD
For decades, women seeking long-acting birth control have endured a painful and outdated…
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Cold sore virus hijacks human genome in 3D–and scientists found its weak spot
Viruses are entirely dependent on their hosts to reproduce. They ransack living cells for parts and energy and hijack the host’s cellular machinery to make new copies of themselves. Herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1), it turns out, also redecorates,…
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Fitness trackers are failing millions — this fix could change everything
For many, fitness trackers have become indispensable tools for monitoring how many calories they’ve burned in a day. But for those living with obesity, who are known to exhibit differences in walking gait, speed, energy burned and more, these…
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Self-esteem skyrockets 131% after weight-loss surgery, study reveals
Self-esteem scores more than doubled within one year of weight-loss surgery, according to a new study* presented today at the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting.
Researchers from Geisinger…
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Can Improving Taxation In Africa Help Meet Health Needs?
Waiting for malaria vaccination in Uganda’s Apac District (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda)
In Sierra Leone, there was a time when “people were so happy to pay” local taxes, says Joanna Favour Tom-Kargbo, an economic justice manager for…
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Link Between Cannabis Use Disorder and Heart Problems
Patients hospitalized for heart failure who have cannabis use disorder (CUD) are significantly more likely to experience cardiogenic shock, acute myocardial infarction, and arrhythmias than those without the…
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Coffee May Lower Death Risk, Especially from Heart Disease
A new study published in The Journal of Nutrition has shown that drinking coffee lowers the risk of death, especially due to cardiovascular disease, but that these benefits are diminished if too much sugar…
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Too Much Sitting Raises Risk After Cardiac Events
A recent study published in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes has shown that after having a cardiac event such as a heart attack, people who are more sedentary are at greater risk…
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Cannabis Linked to 210% Higher Risk of Cardiovascular Death
New research reports that cannabis use may double the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease and significantly elevate risk of stroke and acute coronary syndrome. The findings were published in
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