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As it gets harder to locate specialist clinics with available slots, Australian doctors are turning to social media to help book appointments for their patients. Thousands of doct…
The mobile clinic is one of several health programs offered by libraries across the U.S.—from tiny rural town libraries to large urban systems. They offer fitness classes, food pa…
Some Apple AirPod wireless headphones can be used as hearing aids with a new software update. It’s a high-profile move that experts applaud, even if they only reach a small portio…
McDonald’s worked on October 24 to reassure customers that its U.S. restaurants are safe as federal investigators tried to pinpoint the cause of a deadly E. coli outbreak linked t…
When Oliver Burkhardt underwent leukemia treatment at age 9, he entered the hospital wearing his patch-covered denim jacket. Pokemon. Superman. NASA. Police, fire, military. Class…
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have used Artificial Intelligence to develop a tool capable of predicting whether people with early signs of dementia could develop Alzh…
A school right next to Kenya's largest dumpsite has started planting bamboo to improve air quality. Foul-smelling fumes from the waste have been affecting the students' health.
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Personal patient information is being given currency in Kenya as a way of expanding patient access to doctors.
A mobile start-up says its phone application allows users to pay …
A horse-riding school in Australia is using cows as animal therapy to help people of all ages. This new type of mental health service is growing rapidly in Australia, but psycholo…
At the Kenya Medical Research Institute, research is underway to create a mobile phone application that uses AI to diagnose tuberculosis and other respiratory diseases.
In a sp…
For the past 30 years, the Queensland Children’s Hospital has been using music therapy to stabilize the heart rate of children during and after medical procedures. And the impact …
The UK Biobank has been tracking the medical outcomes of people since 2006. Inside this giant freezing unit, a robot can access samples provided by half a million people in the UK…
As the number of elderly people in Europe starts to outnumber the young, the World Health Organization is warning it’s time to introduce healthier lifestyles.
The UN agency say…
John Simon III was a hungry baby and a “chunky” toddler who grew into a chubby little boy, his mother said.
But by the time the California middle-schooler turned 14, his weight…
The global response to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that killed millions of people must not be repeated if another pandemic were to break out, the president of the United …
