Women directly buying their birth control online are getting a glimpse of what the future of medicine could be. And according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine published today, it’s—drum roll—pretty darn safe. The study—titled “A Study of Telecontraception”—recruited seven “secret shoppers” in California who purchased birth control from nine vendors… Read More »
JPMorgan Chase announced today that it is buying health payments technology company InstaMed. The acquisition is for more than $ 500 million, making it the bank’s biggest buy since the financial crisis, CNBC reported. The deal is expected to close by the end of the year, according to Stuart Hanson, managing director and head of… Read More »
Dr. Polina Anikeeva, is all things fascinating from being a passionate neural engineer to handing out tests inspired by comic book characters for her students at MIT. She is currently an associate professor in the Materials Science & Engineering department at MIT. She recently won the 2018 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science.… Read More »
The crisis of addiction to opioids is currently sweeping the nation, much like crack cocaine during the 1980s. It’s a terrible crisis that carries a high mortality rate and is spreading rapidly to all corners of the nation. However, why is it spreading so fast? In fact, how has it spread so fast? The answer… Read More »
Diabetes is on the rise across the globe. In the UK, one in every 10 person suffers from diabetes which is also becoming one of the reasons of deaths in the country. Though the disease does not have any proper cure, the only thing people can do is manage it well so that it does… Read More »