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OIG report: Tablets distributed to vets often go unused

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Veterans are failing to use the tablet devices distributed to them through the Veterans Health Administration’s video connect program, according to an Aug. 4 audit report by Office of the Inspector General. Of the Apple iPads provided to nearly 41,000 patients during the first three quarters of fiscal 2021, more than half (51%) of the patients are…

Digital gastrointestinal care startup Salvo Health launches with $10.5M

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Digital gastrointestinal care startup Salvo Health launched last week with $10.5 million in seed funding. The round was led by Threshold Ventures with participation from Torch Capital and Felicis Ventures. WHAT THEY DO The startup offers a virtual clinic geared toward people with chronic gut problems, including irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), celiac…

Cherry Tomato Salad | Mark’s Daily Apple

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Cherry tomatoes add vibrant color to any dish. Whether you’re using them to drizzle on top of a grilled chicken salad or letting them simmer of a stove in a chicken skillet recipe to bring out all the flavor, cherry tomatoes are sure to liven up any dish. But what happens when it’s the end…

‘Staggering’ number couldn’t get care during pandemic, poll finds : Shots

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Tomeka Kimbrough-Hilson was diagnosed with uterine fibroids in 2006 and underwent surgery to remove a non-cancerous mass. When she started experiencing symptoms again in 2020, she was unable to get an appointment with a gynecologist. Her experience was not uncommon, according to a new poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the…

12 Lactogenic Foods That Improve Breast Milk Supply

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Contributed by: Rachana Arya Introduction Low milk supply can be highly bothersome for new nursing mothers. Since breast milk is the sole source of nourishment for your infant, it is essential to ensure that your body produces adequate amounts of it. In most cases, maintaining a healthy diet, getting enough sleep, and staying hydrated…

Embarrassing, Uncomfortable and Risky: What Flying Is Like for Passengers Who Use Wheelchairs

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Charles Brown has always loved flying. He loves the steady roar of the engine beneath him as the plane rises high above a shrinking ground, turning houses into small blocks of color and cars into floating specks of light below. Mr. Brown’s passion evolved from building model airplanes as a child to training in aviation…

COVID sewage surveillance labs join the hunt for monkeypox : Shots

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An image from an electron microscope of the monkeypox virus (orange) on infected cells (green). …

Malaysia-based startup Qmed Asia launches telehealth kiosk for corporate employers

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Malaysian health technology startup Qmed Asia has recently unveiled its telehealth kiosk for corporate employers. Called Qmed GO, the kiosk serves as a "mini-clinic" that offers remote online health consultations and diagnoses with licensed GPs. It has cloud-connected medical IoT devices for real-time onsite monitoring of up to 16 vital parameters, whose data can…

Thailand OKs South Korean startup JLK’s AI brain image analysis solution

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Medical AI company JLK from South Korea has received medical device approval from Food and Drug Administration Thailand for its AI brain image analysis solution. Founded in 2014, the startup offers a range of image analysis tools under its Medihub platform, which supports the diagnosis of neurological and cancer diseases. It also operates other…

54gene’s CEO Wants to Fix Health Data’s Racial Imbalance

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B orn and raised in the Nigerian port city of Calabar, Abasi Ene-Obong remembers the exact moment that changed his life’s direction. Sitting in an introductory genetics class at medical school, in 2003, he heard the professor say that African genetic samples comprised less than 3% of health data bases in the world, creating a…

Some Women Turn to Self-Managed Abortion as Access Recedes

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In states that have banned abortion, some women with unwanted pregnancies are pursuing an unconventional workaround: They are “self-managing” their abortions, seeking out the necessary know-how online and obtaining the medications without the supervision of a clinic or a doctor. At first glance, the practice may recall the days before Roe v. Wade, when women…

Officials Wrestle With Whether to Allow New Monkeypox Vaccination Strategy

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WASHINGTON — It sounded like a simple solution to the shortage of monkeypox vaccine: Merely by changing the way doses are injected, the federal government could vaccinate five times as many people with the supply it has in hand. But the approach — injecting one-fifth of the current dose into the skin instead of a…