@WIRED 5 years ago
With all the recent privacy scares, it’s kind of a weird time to be asking a million people to voluntarily hand over decades of health records and DNA ...
@WIRED 6 years ago
If social policy doesn’t deal with America’s ongoing social and political homelessness crisis, it’s going to be an even worse public health problem ...
@WIRED 6 years ago
While it’s true that yes, the US is in the midst of a “historic drug epidemic,” marijuana is not the drug that kills 91 Americans every single day.
@WIRED 6 years ago
While it’s true that yes, the US is in the midst of a “historic drug epidemic,” marijuana is not the drug that kills 91 Americans every single day.
@WIRED 6 years ago
To catch regulators up to Silicon Valley speed, the FDA is creating a new unit dedicated strictly to digital health.
@WIRED 6 years ago
To catch regulators up to Silicon Valley speed, the FDA is creating a new unit dedicated strictly to digital health.
@WIRED 7 years ago
Because preventative medicine is the best medicine, especially when it comes to mental health.
@WIRED 7 years ago
Because preventative medicine is the best medicine, especially when it comes to mental health.
@WIRED 7 years ago
After a nearly year-long ban, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will begin accepting grant applications from research labs that want to develop human-animal ...
@WIRED 8 years ago
Dutch reproductive health group Women on Web has said it will offer free medical abortions for Zika-infected pregnant women who live in countries that ...
@WIRED 8 years ago
For the most pressing medical issue facing the NFL today—head injuries—a mouthguard acts as an early warning system. #sb100
@WIRED 8 years ago
While scientists do not yet agree on what the "obesity paradox" means for health, most accept the evidence behind it. (via Quartz)
@WIRED 8 years ago
As Figure 1 grows, it has the potential to become global health’s central nervous system—improving diagnostics, care, and treatment for non-users everywhere. ...
@WIRED 8 years ago
Google says it has worked with a team of doctors to determine what medical information should pop up and ensure the accuracy of the results.
@WIRED 9 years ago
This freelance writer suffers from severe Tourette’s syndrome, but his prescription medication costs $720 a month in America (and that's with health insurance)....
@WIRED 9 years ago
"Facebook and Apple and all companies would do well by their employees to hold fertility vendors to the highest possible standards and not inadvertently put worker's physical and mental health in jeopardy."