Author Archives: health

Mercy Hospital shooting claims lives of four, including one physician, a pharmacy resident and a police officer

A Chicago hospital became the scene of a deadly shooting Monday, when a domestic dispute that began in the hospital’s parking lot erupted into gunfire and went further when the alleged gunman ran into the hospital and opened fire. Four people are dead. Mercy Hospital identified the hospital employees killed in the shooting as Tamara… Read More »

Gun control vs. mental health care: debate after mass shootings clouds murky reality

This story is from Kaiser Health News After the recent mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, Calif., in which 11 people were killed at a country music bar, President Donald Trump struck a familiar refrain: “It’s a mental health problem,” he said of the gunman, Ian David Long. “He was a very sick puppy.” Similarly, after… Read More »

Glucose binding molecule could transform the treatment of diabetes

Scientists from the University of Bristol have designed a new synthetic glucose binding molecule platform that brings us one step closer to the development of the world’s first glucose-responsive insulin which, say researchers, will transform the treatment of diabetes. The World Health Organization estimate that over 382 million people worldwide, including 4.05 million people in… Read More »