Amazon’s plan to buy online pharmacy PillPack, widely seen as a move that will disrupt the pharmacy business, could have a positive impact on patient engagement and care. PillPack focuses on a narrow segment of patients who are on many different medications. It packages pills in individual packets that help Leggi tutto…
Going abroad for cheaper medical treatment is big business. With more low-cost airlines than ever before offering discount flights to almost anywhere across the continent, it’s now possible to easily visit countries that offer medical treatments and surgeries at very low prices. Let’s take a look at the five countries Leggi tutto…
Oltre 250 milioni di prodotti per le aziende sono disponibili sul nuovo portale aziendale del colosso del commercio elettronico, pensato per le attività delle imprese. Un account a misura d’azienda per acquistare e vendere su internet, risparmiando tempo e denaro. È questa la nuova idea di Amazon, che ha lanciato anche Leggi tutto…
Changes are afoot at GE. The company will separate GE Healthcare into a standalone company. Kieran Murphy, the president and CEO of GE Healthcare, will continue at the helm of the business, which offers medical imaging, biomanufacturing and data analytics capabilities, among other services. “As an independent global healthcare business, we will have Leggi tutto…
Israeli invention for remote imaging of smuggling tunnels leads to spin-off product for more comfortable, less expensive lower bowel imaging. A promising new technology for improving colonoscopies got its start as a way to remotely explore smuggling tunnels. When a tunnel is discovered, homeland security or military personnel need to Leggi tutto…
AbbVie and Calico are reupping their massive, $1.5 billion research collaboration on age-related diseases first launched in 2014, with a new billion-dollar commitment split between the two. The agreement between the Big Pharma and Alphabet’s life sciences discovery arm will be extended for at least another three years—with AbbVie supporting Leggi tutto…
SANTA CLARA — Verb Surgical, a joint venture of Google and Johnson & Johnson, has leased a big office building in Santa Clara, marking a relocation and expansion of the surgical robotics company. The company leased an office building totaling 234,000 square feet, according to several people with direct knowledge of Leggi tutto…
AI advances by the ‘Medical Brain’ team could help the internet giant finally break into the health-care business. A woman with late-stage breast cancer came to a city hospital, fluids already flooding her lungs. She saw two doctors and got a radiology scan. The hospital’s computers read her vital signs and estimated a Leggi tutto…
To better understand one of the most heated U.S. policy debates, we created a tournament to judge which of these nations has the best health system: Canada, Britain, Singapore, Germany, Switzerland, France, Australia and the U.S. “Medicare for all,” or “single-payer,” is becoming a rallying cry for Democrats. This is often Leggi tutto…
Most surgeons agree that tranexamic acid (TXA) is effective at reducing blood loss associated with a variety of surgical procedures, including total joint arthroplasty. The question is no longer whether it works but, more specifically, how is TXA most safely and effectively used. That was the main question Abdel et al. Leggi tutto…