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"A stem-cell cure for diabetes"
By admin - Published on Monday, 20 January 2020 10:26
"Type 1 diabetes affects 1.25 million Americans, but two in particular got Harvard biologist Doug Melton’s attention: his daughter Emma and son Sam. Treatment can involve a lifetime of careful eating, insulin injections and multiple daily blood-glucose tests. Melton has a different approach: using stem cells to create replacement beta cells that produce insulin. He started the work over 10 years ago, when stem-cell research was raising hopes and controversy."
New plans for City of Toronto Long Term Care Homes
By admin - Published on Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:30
"The city of Toronto is recommending dramatic changes to the way people live in its 10 long-term care homes, with a proposal for more staff and a new style of care that focuses on empathy, friendship and purpose."
Read more: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/11/27/city-unveils-plans-to-revamp-long-term-care-homes.html
Identifiable brands in health care
By admin - Published on Tuesday, 01 October 2019 11:58
"What's in a brand? A lot, as it turns out, and the importance of branding is only growing in the healthcare space, particularly in an era defined by consumerism and choice…..
This creates the need for providers to develop a new type of "muscle memory" when it comes to mimicking the best practices of other industries. Consumers want to interact with brands like they would interact with Netflix from a content perspective, or Amazon from a shopping perspective. It's putting pressure on organizations to function like retailers."
Beagles are better at detecting cancer
By admin - Published on Thursday, 20 June 2019 08:51
"Because dogs have an extremely sensitive sense of smell, researchers are increasingly interested in finding out whether they can detect disease. One new study working with beagles has found that they can successfully "sniff out" lung cancer with extremely high accuracy."
Be good to people. Be good to animals!
Read more: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325511.php
"Atrial fibrillation may raise dementia risk by 50%"
By admin - Published on Thursday, 20 June 2019 08:49
"A large study concludes that atrial fibrillation does, indeed, raise the risk of dementia even in people who did not have a stroke and that anticoagulants may reduce this risk."
Read more: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325510.php
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