Ellis Parker, MSN, RN, from Level Up RN, discusses the different levels of health prevention—primary, secondary, and tertiary—and the significant role of health determinants. She uses the community…
Most vaccines help the immune system learn to identify and fight off harmful viruses or bacteria before someone gets sick. But, scientists are also creating vaccines to treat…
Suicide has become one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. Military. Over the last decade more than 2,700 active duty service members have taken their…
As changes to the U.S. health care system are debated it’s clear that controlling the cost of care remains a major factor. A new study surveyed U.S. physicians…
Brad Templeton, Board Member, Foresight Nanotech Institute, explains the next great medical revolution, the self-driving car. Car accidents are the 7th leading cause of death in the US,…
What is the bigger picture when it comes to the state of health in America? Are we living longer and healthier? What are the contributors, chronic disabilities and…
West Nile virus remains an important public health concern since appearing in the United States back in 1999. Part of the challenge is dealing with the unpredictability of…
Type 2 diabetes is a recognized epidemic both in the United States and around the world. A new study examines whether bariatric surgery in addition to lifestyle changes…
John Mattison, MD, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Kaiser Permanente, discusses the growing market of gamification in the health sector and the science behind the most powerful and sustainable…
Herbert Insel, MD, and Clinical Instructor at NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses the benefits of a prudent lifestyle. He councils fellow physicians on how to educate patients on a prudent lifestyle,…
The Doctor’s Channel’s very own David Best, MD, MBA, and MedGadget‘s Shiv Gaglani, MD-MBA candidate, team up to bring you the hottest new gadgets for physicians and patients.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Postsurgical radioiodine treatment (RIT) has helped many children and adolescents living in Belarus who developed advanced radiation-induced differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) after the…
