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HEALTH NOTES: Pub boosts male friendship, shows new research The factors that determine if a friendship will survive is dependent on our gender, according to new research. Women are likely to remain friends with someone who they speak to regularly. For men, how often they talk to someone has ‘absolutely no effect’ on the likelihood […]
HEALTH NOTES: Britons have an average of seven fillings and DIY eye checks… on a phone app The average UK adult has had no fewer than seven fillings, according to new research. It’s more than twice the number than the average American, who has just three. According to figures collated by international dental website dentaly.org, one […]
HEALTH NOTES: Going grey? Blame it on your ethnicity The age we go grey depends on our ethnicity, according to researchers from Boston University in the US. By reviewing data from 69 publications on hair ageing, they found that the average age Caucasians begin greying is mid-30s, while for Asians it’s late 30s and for […]
HEALTH NOTES: Pregnant women can now check up on their babies with DIY ultrasound – using their phones Pregnant women can now check up on their babies with a smartphone device. The handheld tool, developed by Israeli company PulseNmore, allows women to perform ultrasounds at home, then send the scans to their doctor or specialist […]
HEALTH NOTES: Neck patch silences ear ringing agony of tinnitus e-mail 2 View comments A patch of ‘skin’ worn on the back of the neck could banish annoying ringing in the ears, according to new research. Experts at the University of West Virginia in the US tested the idea on dozens of men and women […]
HEALTH NOTES: App allows deaf people to ‘hear’ conversations Deaf people will be able to ‘hear’ in group conversations by using a revolutionary new wearable device. The gadget – half the size of an iPhone – beams in nanoseconds a transcript of conversations to a paired smartphone app. A deaf person then reads the conversation […]
(HealthDay)—Among patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), 4.2 percent of admissions have at least one note reflecting financial considerations, according to a study published online Nov. 2 in JAMA Network Open. Deborah D. Gordon, M.B.A., from the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and colleagues characterized the prevalence and nature of financial considerations documented […]