Enclothed Cognition

A premature baby born in a developed country will be placed in an incubator until the child can survive on its own. These infants almost always survive. In lower-income regions, this option is simply out of reach. Incubator equipment alone costs $20,000 and this doesn’t even take into account the cost for constant electricity and trained technicians. 

Every few weeks we try to bring you the top five most compelling stories in recent medical news. Keep reading to learn about about how a selfie cost a man $153K in medical charges, how precision medicine can be used to treat lung cancer and more!

Last month the FDA approved the very first 3D printed drug, an epilepsy medication called SPRITAM. This past June, three little boys with a condition that caused their windpipes to spontaneously collapse had their lives saved when they received 3D-printed bronchial-splint implants. 

FOAM (Free Open Access Meducation) is a radical departure from how practitioners across the globe have traditionally accessed medical information. It is a philosophy, a movement, and a community—FOAM is as fluid of a concept as the constantly evolving medical knowledge it strives to make accessible. 

Every few weeks we try to bring you the top five most compelling stories in recent medical news. Keep reading to learn about how a colonoscopy foiled the plan of a diamond thief, customizable bacteriophages, and more!

Technology often progresses and evolves so quickly that its hard to keep up. Situations we might never have thought possible now are, as we push ourselves deeper into the vast frontier of space, expanding the scope of healthcare to beyond just Earth's orbit. 

Mention “electronic health record” or EHR’s in a room of doctors and you’re likely to hear a collective groan. The technology created to streamline the flow of health information and improve overall healthcare delivery is actually doing the exact opposite. 

Moreso than nearly any other industry, improvements in healthcare technology are transforming delivery and industry best practices in ways that we never could have predicted. Take a look at some of the current trends in healthcare IT that are shaking up the way the healthcare industry operates in the 21st century.

This week’s stories include the indictment of a couple selling diseased body parts, a device that combats dehydration, and new initiates in the fight to cure cancer.

According to the co-founder, Geoffrey Chaikin, the mission of Blink Health is to make healthcare affordable, clearly priced, and easy to purchase.