Rethinking Healthcare

Archive: 05-2011

• App helps identify concussion symptoms for parents and coaches

  An interactive application has been created to help identify concussion symptoms immediately after a child has taken a blow to the head or body.

  May 27, 2011, 9:41 PM PDT | By Stacy Lipson

• Welcome new Rethinking Healthcare editor Stacy Lipson

  Say hello to new Rethinking Healthcare contributor Stacy Lipson, who will join Janet Fang to cover the health and pharmaceutical industries.

  May 27, 2011, 12:35 PM PDT | By Andrew Nusca

• Could high blood pressure be more common for young adults?

  Researchers at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill have found that just under 20% of young adults have high blood pressure.

  May 26, 2011, 8:34 PM PDT | By Stacy Lipson

• Antibody Mind Tricks: how to smuggle drugs into your brain

  Scientists have designed a two-armed antibody that can cross the mostly impenetrable blood-brain barrier to deliver drugs against Alzheimer’s (in mice, for now).

  May 26, 2011, 11:41 AM PDT | By Janet Fang

• Researchers link sleep deprivation to memory

  Studying the brain, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have linked sleep deprivation to memory.

  May 25, 2011, 9:17 PM PDT | By Stacy Lipson

• A mighty pen screens mothers-to-be for fatal, yet preventable, illnesses

  The Antenatal Screening Kit includes pens that can help screen for potentially lethal conditions, like anemia and gestational diabetes, in pregnant women from developing countries.

  May 25, 2011, 1:18 PM PDT | By Janet Fang

• Smart shirt monitors your breathing while you sleep

  Lacking a quality slumber? A sensor-embedded nightshirt analyzes your breathing patterns while you snooze so you can track how various things affect how deeply you sleep.

  May 24, 2011, 11:31 PM PDT | By Janet Fang

• Could sugar help reduce persistent infections?

  A new study published in Nature shows that sugar might reduce persistent infections.

  May 24, 2011, 8:55 PM PDT | By Stacy Lipson

• CDC: 10 best public health achievements of this century

  A chickenpox vaccine, heart disease prevention, workplace best practices, a rapid swine flu response… these and others helped drop the nation’s death rate to record lows. See what made...

  May 24, 2011, 10:12 AM PDT | By Janet Fang

• Guts & Brains: stomach bugs linked to goings-on in the head

  New studies show that an ulcer-causing bacterium may trigger Parkinson’s and that digestive problems may hardwire the brain for depression.

  May 23, 2011, 2:48 PM PDT | By Janet Fang