AHCA would make rural America's already distressed health care worse

Jun 27, 2017 02:29 am UTC| Insights & Views Health Politics

Much has been made of the distress and discontent in rural areas during the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Few realize, however, this is also felt through unequal health. Researchers call it the rural mortality...

Paramedics treating more young women for alcohol intoxication than men

Jun 23, 2017 18:24 pm UTC| Health

More young people are needing emergency assistance for alcohol intoxication than in previous years, new data from Western Australia show. The state-wide ambulance figures show ambulance call-out rates are on the rise in...

Confidence can be a bad thing – here's why

Jun 23, 2017 17:58 pm UTC| Health

Have you ever felt 100% confident in your ability to complete a task, and then failed miserably? After losing in the first round at Queens Club for the first time since 2012, world number one tennis player, Andy Murray,...

Five ways virtual reality is improving healthcare

Jun 23, 2017 07:23 am UTC| Technology Health

Virtual reality is much more than just a new form of entertainment, it is increasingly being used in a wide range of medical applications, from treatments to training. Here are a few of them. 1. Pain management There...

Research Check: can a new drug really protect redheads from cancer?

Jun 23, 2017 07:21 am UTC| Health

A recently published US study on an experimental drug that leads to tanning without sun exposure has generated a host of headlines around the world. Some went with what the drug means for redheads, with the...

What we know, don’t know and suspect about what causes motor neuron disease

Jun 21, 2017 16:04 pm UTC| Health

Since 2014, the ice bucket challenge, which involves people pouring a bucket of icy water over their heads, has raised awareness and much-needed research funds for motor neuron disease. While research for a cure is...

Emergency doctors are using acupuncture to treat pain, now here's the evidence

Jun 21, 2017 16:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Emergency medicine is not all about life and death situations and high-tech solutions. Our study, the largest of its kind in the world, shows using acupuncture in the emergency department can relieve acute pain. The...