STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A man is being treated in isolation at Sweden’s Uppsala University Hospital on suspicion of infection with Ebola after visiting Burundi, the regional authority said on Friday. The hospital’s chief medical officer said the young man had been in Burundi for around three weeks, and was exhibiting classic symptoms of hemorrhagic fever,… Read More »
With nearly 80 percent of internet users searching online for health-related information, it’s no wonder the catchphrase “Dr. Google” has caught on, to the delight of many searchers and the dismay of many real doctors. What’s received little attention from physicians or the public is the company’s quiet metamorphosis into a powerhouse focused on the… Read More »
Brief Published Jan. 3, 2019 Dive Brief: Health Level Seven International released a new version of its Fast Health Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard, an interoperability framework aimed at improving data sharing between providers and patients. FHIR Release 4 will be submitted to ANSI as a normative standard, meaning future revisions will be backward compatible. The new… Read More »
Vanessa Veldman Vanessa Veldman ‘I was a size 18 when I was a child. And I got bigger again’ – Dublin woman ‘ecstatic’ after losing four stone Independent.ie Dubliner Vanessa Veldman joined Weight Watchers at a starting weight of 14st 3lbs and is now 10st 3lbs. Here, she reveals how she lost four stone. https://www.independent.ie/life/health-wellbeing/i-was-a-size-18-when-i-was-a-child-and-i-got-bigger-again-dublin-woman-ecstatic-after-losing-four-stone-37677618.html… Read More »
Jan. 3, 2019 — There seems to be no end in sight for the current partial government shutdown, the third since the beginning of the Trump administration. For the vast majority of the federal government’s public health efforts, though, it’s business as usual. That’s because Congress has already passed five of its major appropriations bills,… Read More »