Amazon Acquires Primary Care Service
Amazon is officially a healthcare provider after its $3.9 billion acquisition of One Medical, which provides on-demand virtual primary care for a flat annual fee, according to The Verge. For $199 a year, currently discounted to $144, members can access telehealth...
Zinc for colds? Researchers are skeptical
Zinc may be a popular over-the-counter supplement to reduce the severity and duration of common colds, but according to Harvard Health, the benefits may be modest at best. In a recent study published in BMJ Open, researchers examined data from 28 different studies and...
The future of organ transplants
Surgeons at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have successfully transplanted kidneys from a genetically modified pig into the abdomen of a 57-year-old brain-dead man. According to the New York Times, the kidneys functioned well without signs of rejection. The...
Virtual reality allows surgeons to walk through the human heart
When Brayden Otten was born, his tiny heart, about the size of a walnut, couldn’t effectively pump his blood. A team of surgeons at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center managed to save his life with some workarounds to help his blood circulate,...
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