A shoe can make a custom orthotic easy to wear or hard to tolerate. Its shape and depth affect how the device sits and how the foot moves through each step. These questions offer a repeatable way to assess shoes in a shop with your device and usual socks. They don’t replace clinical advice, and podiatry guidance can help you choose a pair that works with your device. How is this device meant to sit...
GLP-1 medications reshaped obesity medicine faster than almost anyone in the field predicted, turning a niche category of injectable drugs into one of the most discussed topics in healthcare within a few short years. Myra Ahmad’s next argument is that the field is already moving past them — and that patients paying attention only to today’s drugs are going to miss what is coming. Beyond a single molecule Ahmad’s medical background gives her a vantage...
From unsettling whispers to bloodcurdling screams, Halloween’s scariest sounds tap into the brain’s instinct to identify potential danger By Natalie Calderon Moultrie, Audiologist, HearUSA A shadowy figure on screen might make us nervous, but sometimes all it takes to send a chill down our spine is a sound. A whisper from an empty hallway, a floorboard creaking in the dark or a sudden scream in a horror movie can trigger an immediate reaction before we...
Digital healthcare is changing how medical organizations collect information, coordinate services, and support patient care. Electronic health records, laboratory systems, patient portals, and digital reporting tools have made it easier to store and exchange medical information. Yet, behind these advances lies a challenge that deserves more attention: ensuring that the information being shared is accurate, consistent, and connected to the right patient. Healthcare organizations may invest in advanced software and analytics platforms, but the value...
Consider a scenario frequently reported across physician communities: an MSK radiologist encounters patients imaged at outside facilities whose reports face multi-day delays. When clinicians requested immediate follow-ups, the local specialist could interpret the study, but rigid site boundaries and isolated worklists rendered their presence unusable. This challenge is explored by Yaroslav Dokuchaev, CEO & Founder of DICO by Expert Radiotech, a healthcare technology company building a new operating model for radiology, focused on enabling more...
When patients search for the best dentist in India, they are often looking beyond a routine dental consultation. They may be looking for someone who can understand a complicated dental problem, offer clarity when previous treatments have not worked, or bring together different areas of dentistry to restore not just a tooth, but the health, function and appearance of the entire mouth. There can be many dentists: with decades of experience, advanced qualifications, extensive publications...
HER2-positive gastric cancer is a form of stomach cancer. Cancer cells in people with HER2-positive gastric cancer have higher levels of a protein called human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2). This protein is involved in the normal growth and development of cells but in cancer cells, it can help them to grow and divide more quickly. In some cases, there is also an increase in the number of HER2 genes in cancer cells, meaning...
Medical aesthetics expert, Dr Hala, explains why consultations, screenings and personalised treatment plans matter Over recent years, and amid the rapid growth in demand for cosmetic interventions and aesthetic treatments, patient safety concerns have been regularly raised. This also follows proposals to tighten regulation across the non-surgical aesthetic sector, with the government introducing new measures to try to ‘crack down on cowboy cosmetic procedures.’ Dr Hala, founder of Dr Hala Medical Aesthetics, a family-run medical...
Harley Street London Lip Clinic creates free resource to help patients understand treatment suitability, contraindications and potential risks London Lip Clinic, a medical aesthetics clinic based on London’s Harley Street specialising in non-surgical cosmetic treatments, including anti-wrinkle injections and Botox facial treatments for skin rejuvenation, has shared a new Treatment Suitability Tracker designed to help people researching aesthetic procedures understand which treatments may be appropriate for different concerns, when they may not be advisable, and...
Depending on the size of your facility, you may employ a healthcare compliance officer or may even have a compliance department. You may have a healthcare compliance program in place with scheduled audits. Furthermore, you are likely monitoring billing accuracy, privacy incidents, and accreditation readiness. And yet, many healthcare compliance risks slip through the cracks in internal audits, only to be discovered by a surveyor down the line. The nursing license, the BLS certification, and...
