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The authors of the Medical Futurist Institute's article define digital health and frame the paradigm shift happening in healthcare. 
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fifth leading cause of death in Australia, with 7.5% of Australians over the age of 40 years experiencing moderate to severe forms of the disease.
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Even a “less effective” vaccine packs a payoff in averting illness and death.
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We believe that patients' feedback -
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Adults also need to get vaccinated to provide herd immunity for others, especially babies and older people.
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Sick babies in remote parts of the world could be monitored from afar thanks to new wearable technology designed by physicists at the University of Sussex. And parents at home, concerned about the risk of cot death, coul
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New medical staff start in January and may not be as skilled or adept as their predecessors, meaning more things go wrong.
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Many medical devices on the market have undergone no clinical testing at all.
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A video of the woman, who appears to have trouble keeping her balance, shows her wearing nothing but socks and a hospital gown.
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Health care systems including University of Illinois Hospital are investing in housing for homeless patients to aid their health and cut costly ER visits.
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A spinal surgeon has commended the actions of a Victorian farmer who rode for help with a broken neck holding his head up by his hair.
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CATIE’s Hep C Basics course provides foundational knowledge in hepatitis C (Hep C) for service providers who work with people living with or at risk of Hep C. The course content covers transmission, testing, treatment and health literacy. Participants will achieve a basic understanding of Hep C across the continuum of prevention, treatment, care and support, allowing them to discuss Hep C infection in their work and to support their clients.
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“I think he thought, 'I just got the flu; I'll be all right,'" his mother, Beverly Baughman, said.
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There are currently few effective and non-invasive methods to screen for early stages of cancer. But scientists have now developed a new blood test that promises to detect eight different cancers.
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The country’s universal health care system turns 70 this year. But what is its future?
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Grief is not a problem to be solved or resolved. Rather, it’s a process to be lived through in whatever form and amount of time it may take.
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Bring on the soup: Fluids will help diminish your headache and bolster your immune response.
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New University of Melbourne research finds that living near a major road in middle age raises your risk of asthma by about 50% compared with those further away.
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Putting on VR goggles and virtually swimming with dolphins can ease some patients’ pain, new research shows. Hospitals across the country are giving VR a try.
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Have you ever wondered what happens to a painkiller, like ibuprofen, after you swallow it? Medicine that slides down your throat can help treat a headache, a
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A star of the Affordable Care Act is accused of offering plans that make it hard to find a doctor who accepts its insurance.
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What to say to the newly bereaved instead of “I just don’t know what to say.”
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We can stop the opioid-use epidemic and reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease.
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The cause of the paralysis was found just in time, but it has changed his life forever.
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Being sick has been a long, slow detox from capitalist culture and its mandate that we never rest.
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