A new type of wearable promises to analyze the state of your health.

In the interview Gill Todd discusses the power of laughter in helping patients and carers deal with the experience of having or supporting someone with an eating disorder.

In NSF Science Now 59, we explore using virtual reality for memory recall; teenage emotion overload, and finally, we examine the role dopamine plays in forming episodic memories. Check it out!

This year's influenza is really bad. Hospitalizations are up, and health departments in 49 states report widespread flu. Apparently, if you don't want the flu, go to Hawaii. Just kidding. You can still get a flu shot, and you don't have...

Almost every time someone wants to proclaim the US to be the "best in the world" in health care, they point to survival rates. Those refer to the percent of people who live a certain amount of time after they've been diagnosed with a...

In India, Oral Cancer is on the increase. India accounts for 86% of the world’s cases of oral cancer and 90% of those are linked to tobacco. Incidences of oral cancer are particularly high in areas where chewable tobacco is popular....

"Pay for performance" is one of those slogans that seem to upset no one. But as with so many things in health care, it's much more complicated than it appears at first glance. Watch and learn!

Chinese authorities have published a study of COVID-19 patients across China – the largest one done on the disease so far. <br/>

Researchers have tested a new technique using electrical stimulation on the spinal cords of paralyzed patients to help them walk again.

Vaccinated people who become infected can spread the delta variant, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Sleep Apnea Signs & Symptoms (& Why They Occur) | Central, Obstructive & Mixed Sleep Apnea Sleep apnea is a term for several conditions involving decreased airflow during sleep. There are 3 main types of sleep apnea including central...

Molnupiravir is a broad-spectrum antiviral that has been in development for quite some time - it was first tested as an Ebola drug and is now showing promise against Covid-19. In this episode we take a look at what we know so far and...

Sleeping sickness is one of the most deadly of the forgotten diseases. Experts thought it had been destroyed decades ago. But it's back with a vengeance and now mobile field teams are out in the bush carrying out blood tests and lumber...

In this video, we explore a regression of the VORx1, gaze shifting, which is an adaptation exercise used to retrain gaze stabilization.

While a few people die from heart attacks while running marathons each year, a far greater number of people are impacted by the traffic disruptions marathons cause. People who suffer heart problems during marathons can face delays in...

When one of Aaron's best friends in medical school returned from an interview for a surgical residency program, he told him how some of the surgeons there bragged that they were worked so hard that the divorce rate among their trainees...

Performative overwork is more and more common in the United States, and long hours have long been the norm in medicine. During residency, doctors have traditionally been asked to work for up to 100 hours per week. A rule in 2003 capped...

Patients whose spinal columns had been severed in accidents can now walk again, thanks to an amazing medical invention.

This video discusses the importance of our sense of smell and taste in our daily lives and how their loss can impact our overall well-being. It explores various causes of impaired smell and taste, ranging from age-related decline to...

Wearable tech can help users track their fitness goals, but these devices can also give wearers ownership of their electronic health records. TECH(talk)'s Juliet Beauchamp and Computerworld's Lucas Mearian take a look at how wearable...

Inside a hospital where music helps the medicine go down.

Connor Landgraf, CEO of Eko and Caesar Djavaherian of Carbon Health discuss the promise of remote medical testing and care at WSJ Tech Health.

Strokes are a major public health issue in Europe and are among the leading causes of death and long-term disability in all developed countries. Urgent action is needed to address the dramatically increasing clinical, economic and social...

HST-CNA - Communication with Patients who have Vision Loss