Category: Medicine
Fentanyl seized by law enforcement doubled in 2016, DEA says
(CNN)The United States is seeing a dramatic increase in drugs containing fentanyl, newly released data from the Drug Enforcement Administration shows. From 2015 to 2016, more than twice as many drugs seized by law enforcement agencies and submitted to labs have tested positive for fentanyl, in what appears to be an escalating trend. The National […]
Advances in AI and ML are reshaping healthcare
Megh Gupta Contributor Megh Gupta is a member of the investment team at OMERS Ventures. Qasim Mohammad Contributor Qasim Mohammad is a Toronto-based venture capitalist and a member of the investment team at OMERS Ventures. More posts by this contributor: Voice recognition technology is expediting the race to frictionless retail Opportunities and challenges in commercializing space privately […]
Know when it’s time to fire your doctor
(CNN)Dr. Jerome Groopman knew that he needed to break up with his doctor. Five years ago, when he started seeing his internist, everything was fine. But Groopman says that in time, the internist became more popular — and hence more busy and harried — right when Groopman needed him most. “I have a strong family […]
Ig Nobel prizes: trousers for rats and the truthfulness of liars
Nobel winning scientists gather for 26th straight year to award the most absurd, strange and curious research of the year Investigations into rats wearing pants, the personalities of rocks and the truthfulness of 1,000 liars won Ig Nobel prizes on Thursday night at Harvard, where Nobel-winning scientists gathered to honor the strangest research of the […]
Sugar lobby paid scientists to blur sugar’s role in heart disease report
New report highlights battle by the industry to counter sugars negative health effects, and the cushy relationship between food companies and researchers Influential research that downplayed the role of sugar in heart disease in the 1960s was paid for by the sugar industry, according to a report released on Monday. With backing from a sugar […]