FertilityIQ: Finding the Right Match
In 2012 Jake Anderson and Deborah Bialis had just gotten married and were looking to start a family. There was only one problem. At 27, Ms. Bialis was told that a prior medical condition would make her chances of conceiving a child very slim. Distraught, the couple turned to a fertility doctor in hopes of finding a solution. Unfortunately, after two years, two doctors and three rounds of unsuccessful fertility treatments costing...
The Safest Way For Patients to Get Rid of Old Medication
Many don’t realize that their medicine cabinet can contain a variety of dangerous items. What we know as a place for medication can quickly become a home for lethal substances. If they wind up in the wrong hands, dire consequences can ensue. The Risks Often after a major surgery, patients are prescribed opiates for their pain. Pills like Vicodin and Oxycontin line the medicine cabinets of many. Since many patients will be told to...
Killing Me Sweetly: Added Sugar is the New Tobacco
Recently, we have seen the sugar industry under attack. Added sugar is a hot topic currently and we are seeing articles with titles like, “Is Sugar Toxic?” or “Is Sugar Really Bad For You?”. Food manufacturers say that sugar is a harmless source of calories and quick energy, but the medical community tells us that sugar consumption leads to obesity, tooth decay, and diabetes. In the 70s, there were talks of...
Digital Empathy That Works: Meet HealthLoop
Physicians are always seeking ways to provide a better, more comprehensive way to care for their patients, especially if that means less actual work. As one of the latest buzzwords in the medical community, “digital empathy” is quickly showing promising results using programs like those developed by HealthLoop. With nearly one in five Medicare patients being discharged from the hospital only to be readmitted an average of 30...
Will Wearable Artificial Kidney Replace Dialysis?
A team of researchers led by Dr. Jonathan Himmelfarb, Director of the Kidney Research Institute at the University of Washington Medical Centre, has completed an FDA-authorized clinical trial for a wearable artificial kidney. This wearable kidney allows patients to move around unlike conventional dialysis. “The goal of this is to provide patients of the future with new opportunities to lead a different kind of life with kidney...