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Digital phenotyping, which can detect patterns from text messages, movements, and even our speech, could transform health care. But is our personal information at stake?

Doctors, airport workers and hotel staff are using high-tech machines to help contain the outbreak that has been sweeping the world since it first appeared in Wuhan, China, in late December.

How do you go about creating, in a matter of days, a large-scale field hospital that can in theory, prevent a virus from spreading beyond -- and within -- its walls?

The medical field is actively seeking qualified Emergency Medical Technicians. Check out the average EMT salary broken down by state in this guide!

Millions of Americans – as many as 25% of the population – are delaying getting medical help because of skyrocketing costs. Susan Finley returned to her job at a Walmart retail store in Grand Junction, Colorado, after having to call in sick because she was recovering from pneumonia. The day she returned, the 53-year-old received her ten year associate award – and was simultaneously laid off, according to her family. She had taken off one day beyond what is permitted by Walmart’s attendance policy.

A story about the connection between one patient and her doctor—and how more hospital emergency rooms are becoming entryways to drug treatment.

“As far as I know, trying to contain a city of 11 million people is new to science.” This was how Dr. Gauden Galea, the World Health Organization’s country representative in China, described the situation facing the city of Wuhan when asked late last week for his update on the coronavirus outbreak.

An online platform that provides a basic health plan to protect individuals in China against 100 critical illnesses has reached 50 million users since it launched in October 2018. The app is called Xiang Hu Bao, which means ‘mutual protection’. It was created by mobile payment app Alipay, part of Ant Financial Services Group – which was spun out of billionaire Jack Ma’s Alibaba.

I was at the end of the long table in the conference room when I realized the drugs had become a problem. As I tried to focus on the presentation — some suit droning on about tax benefits and pricing tiers — I zoned out, and my face became flushed. Burning-hot rage pulsed across my skin, crackled down to my fingertips, then shot back. I wasn’t sure I could make it out of the room without doing something I’d regret.

Burnout, characterized by emotional exhaustion as well as feeling cynical, ineffective or unaccomplished at work, is bad for both employees and employers. For doctors and hospitals, though, the ramifications can be especially dire. Doctors in the U.S. experience symptoms of burnout at almost twice the rate of other workers, often citing as contributors the long hours, a fear of being sued, and having to deal with growing bureaucracy...

By Lucy Maddox. This new research adds to a body of evidence that takes the blame off the nurse and squarely places the responsibility on the system to do better.

A surprising number of people are catching pneumonia or urinary tract infections in hospital, a new Australian study shows for the first time.

In 2017, a 69-year-old man with pancreatic cancer went to hospital with abnormally low blood pressure. Sadly, he died only two days later, and his remains were cremated.

The media invites us to be inspired by wholly unnecessary crises like UFC hopeful Jordan Williams, who uses dog insulin because he doesn’t have insurance

Virtual reality headsets, aimed at reducing the pain of women in labour, are being trialled.

In 1904, the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro shook with violence as citizens rioted. Property was destroyed, dozens were wounded, and 30 people lost their lives as the population rose up against a perceived common enemy: a mandatory vaccine for smallpox

Up until just a few years ago, scientists thought your lungs were sterile. They were wrong. In the lungs of healthy people live a diverse range of bacteria, fungi and viruses.

Exercise is recommended for people who are overweight or obese as a way to reduce their risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. But people don't always have time to exercise as much as they would like, so finding ways to increa

Companies are aggressively touting 3D mammograms, although there’s no evidence they save lives.