Its design harkens back to the original Withings Pulse O2, the company's first wrist-worn tracker in 2014 (which can still be found on Amazon for a steal). Further, the wearable features an OLED scre...
Late Mayor Ed Lee and more than 20,000 volunteers turned San Francisco into Gotham City to make Miles's dream come true. Miles' adventure, in which an actor dressed as Batman drove him around San ...
Now, its parent company, which bought the United Kingdom based firm in 2014, is looking to take on the health programme directly, putting an increased amount of data directly into the hands of the Goo...
THE deadline is looming for those who want to opt out of the My Health Record scheme. Originally data would have been kept until 30 years after someone died, although organisations would not have be...
The revised list of 630 people whose whereabouts and fate remained unknown is more than double the 297 listed earlier in the day by the Butte County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff has asked relatives o...
Overall, the nutrient profile of almonds, which is low on the glycemic index and provides a powerful nutrient package including dietary fiber, riboflavin, magnesium, protein, calcium and folate combin...
Other studies implied that people who spend time on social media may simply be more likely to be depressed than people who are not. "Here's the bottom line", said Melissa G. Three weeks later the st...
The recall only affects 100 mg/25 mg tablets in 1000-count plastic bottles, with the lot number JB8912. Patients who are now on the medication are advised to talk to their doctor before stopping use...
New evidence has also shown a link to immediate health benefits including a reduction in blood pressure and anxiety and improvements in quality of sleep and insulin sensitivity. There are more long-te...
Over 26,000 people in the DRC have been vaccinated by using "ring vaccination" strategy, in which people who have been in contact with Ebola patients and people in contact with those contacts are al...
Athenahealth has been facing takeover attempts since at least 2017, when Elliott Management first tried to buy the company. The deal comes just a few months after the departure of Athenahealth CEO ...
Widespread use of antibiotics for these illnesses is an example of how overuse of antibiotics can promote the spread of antibiotic resistance. Some of the prevention tips include only using antibiot...
However, health minister Oly Ilunga said armed rebels were continuing to harass medical teams. Congo has suffered 10 Ebola outbreaks since the virus was discovered near its eponymous Ebola River i...
There have been no documented cases of humans acquiring rabies in animals other than bats since 1902. "This is an important reminder of the precautions people should take when traveling to countries...
So "if we can get just 25 percent of inactive people to be active and meet the recommendations, nearly 75,000 deaths would be prevented in the United States", Giroir said. In pregnant women, physical ...
Available data indicate that this strain of Salmonella Reading may be present in live turkeys and in raw turkey products. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed 74 new case...
The girls were successfully separated after a six-hour operation at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne . "We didn't find surprises", said lead pediatric surgeon Joe Crameri, "we knew the ...
The flu vaccine is a safe and effective means of protecting yourself and your family. Flu season runs from October until May, peaking in January and February. The seasonal flu vaccine protects again...
They collect data in regards to the surveillance of the viruses, laboratory and clinicals studies and their availability of vaccine viruses. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Preventi...
As of now, CVS has a P/S, P/E and P/B values of 0.41, 50.44 and 2.11 respectively. Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Its P/Cash va...
The pair discussed current information on the outbreak as well as the United States' role in the worldwide response. Although several studies have shown that the vaccine is safe and protective agai...
President Donald Trump celebrated the midterm elections as a "tremendous success" for his administration after Republicans expanded their majority in the Senate, maintained an edge in governorship...
The president himself focused on positives as Republicans lost control of the House but made Senate gains . Tammy Baldwin held off a challenge from Republican Leah Vukmir, but her fellow Democrats ...
The scientists, led by the University of Bristol , also showed women who slept longer than the recommended seven to eight hours a night increased their chances of a diagnosis by 20 per cent for eac...
The likely impact of a meat tax on death rates due to chronic disease was also estimated. In 2015 the World Health Organization warned that processed meats , like bacon, sausages and ham, could ca...
