December 13, 2018

Artificial intelligence technology has made great strides in the last decade, with AI models outperforming humans in various tasks, from image recognition to election forecasting to reading comprehension. In the coming years, the range of domains in which AI excels […]

December 12, 2018

Scientists’ attempts at deciphering the neurological processes that explain creativity have recently zeroed in on the brain’s so-called alpha waves. Alpha waves are strong when the brain’s visual cortex is resting. For example, when a person is relaxed and closes […]

December 12, 2018

According to a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report, about 30.3 million people in the United States live with diabetes, which equates to almost one in 10 individuals. The most commonly diagnosed form of diabetes is type […]

December 12, 2018

Is there any financial decision that we dread more than the annual chore of choosing a health insurance plan? It’s got everything we hate: choice and information overload, time pressure, ambiguity and confusion, consequences worth thousands, uncomfortable scenarios involving disease […]

December 12, 2018

Former President Barack Obama and other high-profile Democrats are on a social media blitz to remind people to sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act before the open enrollment period ends in most states on Saturday. Signups […]

December 12, 2018

The Department of Veterans Affairs is enlisting partners in an effort expand telehealth services to the nation’s veterans. The agency has announced several industry partnerships in a program to enhance its connected care program, offering growing support for the use […]

December 11, 2018

One way to measure the importance of a new drug is how fast the drug is taken up by the market. Furthermore, this is a key metric as a strong commercial launch usually predicts that the drug will become a […]

December 11, 2018

Despite public health efforts, many people who get fungal infections in their blood streams die, even if they can be identified and treated with antifungal drugs. These therapies are often ineffective on their own and increasingly the infections are becoming […]