Healthcare

The Concept of Human Health and Disease

Articulating a comprehensive definition of health and disease has been a historically intricate task. The earliest conceptual frameworks for health and disease can be traced back to the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt around 4,000 B.C.

How is the ‘Omics’ Revolution Changing Healthcare?

What is Public-Private Mix in Healthcare?

Proactive Health: The Shift Towards Preventative Healthcare

Preventing Medical Errors in Hospitals

Blockchain Applications in Healthcare

Health Technology Around the World

How is Trust Established in Healthcare?

Health and Wealth

Role of Real-Time Data in Healthcare

What are Social Determinants of Health?

Hospital-at-Home: Bridging Inpatient and Remote Care

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What is the Role of Regulatory Bodies in Healthcare?

What is Informed Consent?

Healthcare Systems Around the World

Moral Injury in Healthcare

Neurodiversity in Healthcare

Text Messaging in Healthcare

Managing the Explosion of Healthcare Data to Harness its Power

Compliance Challenges in Healthcare: Balancing Innovation and Regulation

Healthcare Avoidance

Compassion Fatigue in Healthcare Professionals

What are the Health Benefits of Weight Training?

Diagnosis vs Prognosis

Assessing Evacuation Shelters to Improve Health

Virtualization within Healthcare; Why is it Important?

What Are the Health Implications of Saunas?

Future of Smart Health Systems

How are Drones Used in Healthcare?

What Are The Health Effects of Over-Sanitization?

The Importance of Clinical Informatics

What is Cold Water Therapy?

Primary Healthcare Providers

How Are Smart Cameras Used in Healthcare?

What is Healthcare Fraud?

Catalyzing Change: Exploring the Evolving Landscape of Healthcare Entrepreneurship

ICD10-International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision

Unlocking the Power of Data to Accelerate Future Health Systems

Healthcare Supply Chain Resilience: Lessons Learned from the Pandemic and Strategies for the Future

Importance of Safe Working Conditions for Healthcare Workers

Medical Ethics and Health Policy

Using Real-World Data to Accelerate Healthcare

Improving Healthcare Delivery via Social Innovation

Healthcare During The Climate Crisis

Common Misconceptions in Health

How Could the Metaverse Transform Healthcare?

Intersectionality in Healthcare

Is Data at the Center of Healthcare for the Future?

Urbanization and Human Health

Latest Healthcare News and Research

Rethinking cybersecurity through the lens of care in digital medicine

The CYMEDSEC project is proud to announce a new Perspective article, recently published in npj Digital Medicine.

4 Jul 2025

Teen drivers spend over one fifth of each trip distracted by phones

A new study offers a stark reminder of how pervasive cell phone use while driving is for young people, as findings demonstrate teen drivers spend an average of 21.1% of each trip viewing their mobile behind the wheel.

4 Jul 2025

Celebrate World Microbiome Day with knowledge that matters!

Dive into our brand-new Microbiome Knowledge Hub—a curated collection of trusted, expert-led resources tailored for healthcare professionals.

From S. Karger AG 4 Jul 2025

AI transforms healthcare for faster, smarter care in emergency crises

AI technologies are transforming humanitarian healthcare, enhancing crisis response with improved decision-making, resource allocation, and timely aid delivery.

4 Jul 2025

States brace for reversal of Obamacare coverage gains under Trump’s budget bill

Shorter enrollment periods. More paperwork. Higher premiums. The sweeping tax and spending bill pushed by President Donald Trump includes provisions that would not only reshape people's experience with the Affordable Care Act but, according to some policy analysts, also sharply undermine the gains in health insurance coverage associated with it.

3 Jul 2025

Are you at risk? Waist size, not weight, could affect fertility in women

Researchers found that higher relative fat mass (RFM), a measure of visceral body fat, is significantly associated with increased infertility risk in U.S. women aged 20–44. The study suggests RFM may be a more sensitive screening tool for infertility risk than traditional BMI, especially in women with normal weight but high visceral fat.

3 Jul 2025

Anger traits decline with age in midlife women, study shows

There has been a lot of research focused on understanding women's experiences with depression during the menopause transition and early menopause, but there are few studies on perimenopausal women's experiences with emotional arousal, such as anger.

3 Jul 2025

Covid-19 impact extends beyond virus with increased deaths from other conditions

Disrupted care during the covid-19 pandemic led to sharp increases in other non-covid causes of illness and death, particularly mental health disorders, malaria in young children, and stroke and heart disease in older adults, finds a study published by The BMJ today.

3 Jul 2025

Twice-yearly injection could transform HIV prevention efforts

Preventative therapies for HIV-1 (Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1) have made leaps and bounds over the past decade. A once-daily pill named PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis, has been a stalwart for HIV prevention-but only if people take it consistently and can routinely access a pharmacy.

3 Jul 2025

Study finds significant uptick in chronic digestive disorders during COVID-19 pandemic

A study led by Cedars-Sinai investigators uncovered a significant uptick in chronic digestive disorders, like irritable bowel syndrome, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

3 Jul 2025

To keep Medicaid, mom caring for disabled adult son faces prospect of proving she works

Four years before Kimberly Gallagher enrolled in Medicaid herself, the public health insurance program's rules prompted her to make an excruciating choice — to give up guardianship of her son so she could work as his caregiver.

3 Jul 2025

GOP governors mum as Congress prepares to slash Medicaid spending for their states

The last time a Republican-controlled Congress and President Donald Trump moved to slash Medicaid spending, in 2017, a key political force stood in their way: GOP governors.

3 Jul 2025

AI system turns complex health records into readable narratives for better care

UCLA researchers have developed an AI system that turns fragmented electronic health records (EHR) normally in tables into readable narratives, allowing artificial intelligence to make sense of complex patient histories and use these narratives to perform clinical decision support with high accuracy.

2 Jul 2025

New protein target offers hope for chronic inflammation treatment

Chronic inflammation occurs when the immune system is stuck in attack-mode, sending cell after cell to defend and repair the body for months or even years.

2 Jul 2025

Breakthrough AI uncovers promising Rett syndrome treatment

Rett syndrome is a devastating rare genetic childhood disorder primarily affecting girls. Merely 1 out of 10,000 girls are born with it and much fewer boys.

2 Jul 2025

Many older adults take aspirin for heart disease prevention without doctor’s advice

Around 1 in 6 older adults take aspirin as their primary method of preventing cardiovascular disease – despite stricter guidelines that no longer always call for it, a study finds.

2 Jul 2025

SCAI publishes first clinical guidelines for managing chronic venous disease

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) has published new, evidence-based clinical practice guidelines to support the treatment of chronic venous disease (CVD), a common and often overlooked vascular condition that affects over 25 million adults in the United States.

2 Jul 2025

New MRI technology reveals brain metabolism in unprecedented detail

A new technology that uses clinical MRI machines to image metabolic activity in the brain could give researchers and clinicians unique insight into brain function and disease, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign report.

2 Jul 2025

Older women face increased risk of HPV-related cervical cancer

Women aged 65 and above are still at heightened risk of cervical cancer caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), suggest the findings of a large observational study published in the open access journal Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinical Medicine.

2 Jul 2025

To cut Medicaid, the GOP’s following a path often used to expand health care

President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful" budget reconciliation bill would make some of the most sweeping changes in health policy in years, largely affecting Medicaid and Affordable Care Act plans — with reverberations felt throughout the health care system.

2 Jul 2025