Lifestyle
Why All the Confusion About Healthy Diets?
There are many reasons why there is so much confusion about healthy diets. They can be boiled down into 3 practical points.
How Rental Application Fees Contribute to Poverty
Excessive rental application fees may deter qualified low-income tenants from applying for better places to live, trapping them in their current situations.
How IoT for Senior Care Promotes Autonomy and Social Inclusion
Healthcare IoT can help older people become less isolated by providing them with multi-level connectivity and a number of socialization channels.
How to Make Managing Diabetes a Good Habit
Although there is no cure for diabetes, there are new tools available to help make managing diabetes a good habit.
What You Need to Know About MRSA and What to Do About It
Methicillin-Resistant Staph Aureus (MRSA) infections can be difficult to treat because the bacteria are resistant to many different antibiotics.
Women's Health
Thinking of Becoming an Egg Donor? 5 Things You Need to Know
Thinking of becoming an egg donor? Make sure you understand all the ins and outs of egg donation so you don't make a decision you might regret later.
Gestational Carrier 101 – What You Need to Know
A gestational-carrier arrangement occurs when intended parents (or donors) supply the egg & sperm but a non-related person carries the pregnancy.
Three Rare Skin Cancers You Should Know About
These rare skin cancers are important to know about because they may be mistaken for other more benign conditions delaying their diagnosis.
How Important is Sleep for Women’s Health?
Current research on sleep and women's health sheds light on how women can protect their health by changing specific sleeping habits.
What You Need To Know About Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
Recurrent pregnancy loss can be devastating for couples trying to start their families. Here is what you need to know about the causes and treatment.
Ethics have always been an integral part of healthcare. But modern technological advances have sometimes blurred the line between medical ethics and quality care.
Squamous cell carcinomas can vary from small easily treated lesions that can have local therapy to, in rare instances, a serious life-threatening disease that may require surgery, radiation and/or chemotherapy.
Patients with sleep apnea have an increased risk of developing atrial fibrillation (AF)
and treatment of AF may be affected by sleep apnea.
A gestational-carrier arrangement occurs when intended parents (or donors) supply the egg & sperm but a non-related person carries the pregnancy.
Methicillin-Resistant Staph Aureus (MRSA) infections can be difficult to treat because the bacteria are resistant to many different antibiotics.
Healthcare facilities continually face both physical and cyber threats. They must be prepared to protect both patients and their information.
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