Data Visualization in Medical Communication

It is estimated that medical information and knowledge will be doubling every 73 days. Medical professionals and researchers now have to find the best way to attain this knowledge quickly in a clear and understandable format. A solution that has been presented is data...

FDA Approves Pill With Digital Tracking Device You Swallow

Japan-based Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company announced the approval of their medication system. The pill with a built-in digital tracking device will be used in a psychiatric setting to help treat schizophrenia, a psychotic disorder, which includes symptoms of delusions...

Bill Gates’ Newest Mission: Curing Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia and the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. To help the fight, Bill Gates is donating $50 million of his own money to the Dementia Discovery fund, a private-public research partnership focused on...

Senators Back Push For Stepped Up Tracking of Medical Devices

Two U.S. senators are pushing for change in the medical device industry. They are urging the agency that controls Medicare to support putting the full serial numbers for medical devices into insurance claims forms to better track how poorly performing devices affect...