By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Nov. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Getting regularly scheduled, moderate physical activity can help extend the lives of people with colon cancer, according to a new study. Exercise is even helpful for obese cancer patients, reducing inflammation and improving the bacterial communities of the gut’s microbiome, the findings showed. … Read more
Health Tech BY JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH While at Dreamforce 2022, one of most thought-provoking things I heard was that, in order to really meet the needs of the healthcare consumer, we in healthcare need to once-and-for-all let go of the idea that there will be “one tech system to rule them all” and adopt … Read more
SPOILER ALERT! This story contains details from the final episode of FX’s The Patient on Hulu. The Patient — a grim limited series about psychotherapist Alan Strauss (Steve Carell) who attempts to treat serial killer Sam Fortner (Domhnall Glesson) — has ended its run on Hulu. Here, creators Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields (The Americans) … Read more
Health Tech BY JESSICA DaMASSA Gotta love a new name! Well Health, arguably one of the best-funded digital front door and patient communications startups you’ve never heard of (they’ve raised just under $100 million with little to no fanfare) is today announcing their new moniker, Artera. Founder & CEO Guillaume de Zwirek breaks the news … Read more
Image Source: Everett Collection It’s hard to imagine a serial-killer drama causing food cravings, but as Steve Carell and Domhnall Gleeson tuck into chocolate cake doughnuts or Vietnamese pho in “The Patient,” your mouth might start to water. The table the pair are sharing isn’t at some fine-dining establishment, though. There’s no fancy flatware or … Read more
Former Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney urged Cristiano Ronaldo to remain patient and make the most of the opportunities that come his way as the Portugal international looks to work his way back into the Premier League club’s first team. Ronaldo, in his second spell at United, has started only one league game this season … Read more
CNN — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new warning to health care providers Thursday about severe illnesses in people with monkeypox. The alert comes as Ohio reported that an individual with monkeypox has died – the third known death of a patient with monkeypox in the United States. Ohio listed … Read more
Former patient alleges mental health app Cerebral mishandled her case – CBS News Watch CBS News In a follow-up to a CBS News investigation of online mental health app Cerebral, CBS News’ Anna Werner takes a look at new concerns about how the platform, which offers therapy and prescriptions, handles people experiencing serious mental health … Read more
A third person has died this week in Argentina from a type of pneumonia of unknown origin, with the fatalities thus far limited to a single clinic, health authorities said Thursday. Nine people in northwestern Tucuman province have come down with a mysterious respiratory illness, including eight medical staff at the private clinic, Tucuman health … Read more
Health officials in Texas announced they are investigating what role monkeypox may have played in the death of a patient diagnosed with the infection, who was immunocompromised and had “various severe illnesses.” The death marks the first publicly announced in the U.S. so far during the current outbreak. At least 15 deaths have been reported around … Read more