NIH launches platform to aggregate COVID-19 patient data, speed treatments
Photo Cred: Christina Morillo/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched a new platform to store and study vast amounts of medical record data from people diagnosed...
Read MoreStudy finds common drug reduces death in severe COVID-19 cases
Photo Cred: Karolina Grabowska/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Dexamethasone, a cheap and widely available drug, could help reduce death by up to one third in hospitalized patients with severe respiratory complications...
Read MoreLive coverage of the Institute for Functional Medicine Annual International Conference 2020
Photo Cred: Kari Shea/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury The 2020 Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM) Annual International Conference online experience took place June 12-13, 2020. Leaders in functional and integrative medicine gathered virtually...
Read MoreRadical redesign of healthcare via whole health model
Photo Cred: Pixabay/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury There has never been a greater need for a radical transformation, said Tracy Gaudet, MD, during the virtual 2020 Institute for Functional Medicine Annual...
Read MoreHealthcare professional revenue falls nationwide amid COVID-19
Photo Cred: Sharon McCutcheon/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury In the midst of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, healthcare professional services declined 68 percent in utilization and 48 percent in revenue based...
Read MoreIHPC develops strategies for healthcare policy amid pandemic, social unrest
Photo Cred: Stephen Walker/Unsplash By David Fogel, MD Over the past few months, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has shifted priorities around the country swiftly and profoundly. Through the lens of...
Read MoreTrump withdraws U.S. from World Health Organization
Photo Cred: Gerd Altmann/Pixabay By Katherine Shagoury President Donald Trump announced on Friday the United States would be terminating its relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO). During an afternoon...
Read MoreNo evidence of benefit for anti-malarials in COVID-19 patients, study says
Photo Cred: Volodymyr Hryshchenko/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury A large observational study suggests that treatment with the antimalarial drug chloroquine or its analogue hydroxychloroquine, taken with or without the antibiotics azithromycin...
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