Kafui Dzirasa wants nothing less than to reengineer the brain’s electrical patterns to treat anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. While it sounds far-fetched, many of biomedicine’s biggest funders are betting this psychiatrist, engineer, and neuroscientist might just pull it off.
The largest healthcare strike in Oregon's history began its first full week on Monday, with nearly 5,000 nurses and over 100 doctors hitting the picket lines as union negotiations continue with Providence Health. Healthcare workers began the strike on Friday, picketing at multiple hospitals and clinics across Oregon. The strike includes nurses, physicians, advanced practice providers, certified nurse midwives, and other healthcare professionals at eight Providence hospitals and six Providence Women’s Clinics across Oregon.
JP Morgan’s annual Healthcare Conference is almost becoming an AI event as doctors and AI scientists collaborate to turn petabytes of clinical data into generative AI models and actionable insights. The progress made since Chat GPT’s arrival demonstrates that we are on the precipice of a revolution that will produce cures for many common diseases and save countless lives.
Orlando Health closed the South Seminole Hospital in Longwood on Saturday, which is being replaced with a new hospital in Lake Mary. South Seminole Hospital has been operating for four decades. The team moved about 60 patients from the Longwood location to Lake Mary on Saturday morning. The new hospital spans more than 450,000 square feet, significantly larger than the old one, which was less than half that size.
The number of people in the United States who develop dementia each year will double over the next 35 years to about one million annually by 2060, a new study estimates, and the number of new cases per year among Black Americans will triple. The increase will primarily be due to the growing aging population, as many Americans are living longer than previous generations. By 2060, some of the youngest baby boomers will be in their 90s and many millennials will be in their 70s. Older age is the biggest risk factor for dementia. The study found that the vast majority of dementia risk occurred after age 75, increasing further as people reached age 95.