Introduced this week at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting 2019, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital shared the availability of real-time clinical whole-genome, exome and transcriptome data over St. Jude Cloud to accelerate precision medicine research for pediatric cancer. Founded in 1962, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center for children only.
Globally last year, 18.1 million new cancer cases were diagnosed and 9.6 million people died from cancer according to recent statistics from the World Health Organization (WHO). The American Cancer Society estimates that in the U.S. alone, there will be over 1.7 million new cancer cases, and more than 600,000 deaths due to cancer in 2019.
The number of passengers flying out of UK airports has increased by 27% over the last nine years, and will continue to grow in the coming years. How do the pilots get thousands of tonnes of steel, passenger and luggage off the ground and 30,000 feet in the air? Let's take a look at the science behind aeroplanes and how flight works against the forces of gravity.
Telepsychiatry visits are just like any other medical appointments- the only difference is they are conducted from the comfort of your own home or office using live video-conferencing. There are different names used for the same thing: virtual doctor visit, telehealth, telemedicine, telepsychiatry. They all mean the same thing: delivering health care services at a distance.
Doctors do three basic things. In their role as healers, they make decisions, they do procedures and they communicate with patients as a source of information and guidance.
This past week the world recognized the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion that marked the slow beginning of the painful but triumphant end to World War II. Many of us doubtless looked back with pride and appreciation, even as we looked around with rueful sadness, regret, and perhaps shame. The divisive forces of demagoguery, isolationism, xenophobia, and selfish myopia that own this moment are a flagrant disservice to that one.
During a recent trip to the UK and Ireland, I visited some NHS leaders, startup entrepreneurs, those involved in the privately insured market and, of course, ordinary folks befuddled about all things Brexit.