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January 25, 2018

Cyber-Attacks to Devices Threaten Data, Patients

Author(s)3: Leslie Mertz

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Above: Kevin Fu (front right) and his research group are testing the security and privacy of various medical devices, including heart-rate sensors, pacemakers, defibrillators, drug-delivery systems, and neurostimulators. (Photo courtesy of…

September 21, 2017

Fertile Ground

Author(s)3: Jennifer Berglund

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At the age of 14, Linda Griffith experienced such abnormally painful periods that her doctor had already put her on birth control pills. They helped but only a little. In…

The future of medicine may (or may not) be in your smartphone.

April 17, 2017

Smartphone Apps Meet Evidence Based Medicine

Author(s)3: Kenneth R. Foster, David J. Callans

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“The future of medicine is in your smartphone,” proclaimed an eminent medical researcher in a 2015 Wall Street Journal essay. In a sense, that future has already arrived, judging from…

January 23, 2017

Electronic Health Records in Veterinary Medicine

Author(s)3: Summer Allen

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Imagine if you didn’t have to fill out paper forms each time you visited a new doctor or if you could access your personal medical records from your home computer.…

January 23, 2017

Electronic Health Records: How Data Delivers Better Patient Outcomes

Author(s)3: Jim Banks

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The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) provides health care free at the point of delivery and although it faces a constant battle for funding and skills it is nevertheless a…