Author Archives: Health

American scientist under investigation over ties to alleged genetic editing

Rice University has launched an investigating into one of its professors after reports surfaced that he is connected to alleged genetic editing in China that resulted in the birth of two babies with altered DNA. They announced the investigation Monday in the wake of reports that Dr. Michael Deem, a professor of biochemical and genetic… Read More »

Parachute Is Having a Massive Cyber Monday Sale on Bedding, Bath Towels, and More

If you’ve been thinking about upgrading your bed, now’s the time because Parachute’s Cyber Monday deals are legit. SHOP PARACHUTE HOME’S CYBER MONDAY SALE NOW The luxury bedding store with a cult following is offering 20% off everything from now through the end of the day when you use the code “SALE18.” So, you can… Read More »

5 Lessons Learned Implementing SMART on FHIR at Intermountain

Challenges include differences in vendor implementations of FHIR and their data models During a recent eHealth Initiative webinar, Laura Heerman Langford, Ph.D., R.N., a nurse informaticist, detailed some lessons learned implementing Smart on FHIR apps at Intermountain Healthcare. Because FHIR is still under development, “we are driving the car and changing the tires at the… Read More »

Effects of smoking on COPD progression

The list of harmful effects that smoking causes to the body is very long and the lung disease known as chronic obstructive respiratory disease is one of the leading ones. In order to protect yourself from such illnesses, you only have one option and that is to quit smoking Lung cancer, cardiovascular disease and chronic… Read More »