Future of Healthcare. Healthcare as an industry is changing through technology, medical and research innovations, physician reform and hospital re-organizations. Dr. David Samadi will explore long term issues, debates innovations directly influencing the healthcare industry and what both healthcare professionals and patients need to know.
We are all conditioned to believe that “you can't teach an old dog new tricks,” that as we get older, we can't learn new skills easily and we just won't be as sharp as we were in our callow youth.But what if that's all it was: conditioning? What if we really do continue to learn the way we did as children well into our golden years?
Read MoreNow, in perhaps one of the greatest ironies in modern mental health history, new research from Oregon State University suggests that thinking over and over again about conflicts between your job and personal life is likely to damage both your mental and physical health.
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Not getting enough sleep? Maybe you're drinking too many sugar-sweetened drinks.
Do you find yourself craving sugar-sweetened drinks? Maybe you're not getting enough sleep.
Read MoreUsing a person’s spoken or written words, robots can now identify with great accuracy whether that person is suicidal, mentally ill but not suicidal, or neither.
Read MoreIf you are a man, you really can't get enough testosterone. It helps preserve your muscle strength and mass, sex drive, sperm production, bone density, red blood cell production, fat distribution and facial and body hair.
Read MoreIn a major offensive in medicine's war with the Zika virus, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have isolated a human monoclonal antibody that in a mouse model “markedly reduced” infection.
Read MoreAccording to a 2016 comprehensive review of global health statistics published in The Lancet, the U.S. trails behind other wealthy nations in terms of infant mortality and life expectancy.
Read MoreMajor league baseball (MLB) players have expanded into a new arena – their body mass index (BMI) is increasing.
Read MoreWe all have a fond but bittersweet memory of That One Guy who lived about as healthy a life as he could, prided himself on his diet and exercise regimen, yet still died too young.
Read MoreIt is beginning to appear as though human ave a sixth sense after all – but it has nothing to do with seeing ghosts, or into the future.
Read MoreComplementary health procedures – the so-called “alt-health” practices of acupuncture, tai chi, yoga, massage therapy, and relaxation techniques – are a $30 billion a year business.
Read MoreThe strange twists and turns of this year’s presidential election has now thrust each candidates health into question.
Read MoreIs there finally a vaccine against this highly infectious bacteria—responsible for more than 500,000 deaths a year, including toxic shock syndrome and necrotizing fasciitis or “flesh-eating disease.”
Read MoreNow it appears that for those who qualify, weight loss surgery such as gastric bypass seems to help people not only lose a significant amount of weight but also keeps the weight off long term.
Read MoreIt's the end of August, and a young man's fancy turns to the NFL. The NFL's thoughts, however, remain mired in that concussion scandal that is not going away anytime soon.
Read MoreResearch engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are developing a knee band with microphones and vibration sensors to listen to and measure the sounds inside your knee.
Read MoreA research project has shown that an experimental model of Alzheimer’s disease can be successfully treated with a commonly used anti-inflammatory drug.
Read MoreMost of us love to drink our wine so the thought of packing its health benefits into a pill leaves some of us with feelings of apprehension - could this lead to the end of a good glass of cabernet?
Read MoreWe are failing our children, according to a new scientific statement published in the American Heart Association journal Circulation.
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