Lauren Weber and Sam Whitehead As the country grapples with states’ newfound power to regulate abortion in the aftermath of this summer’s U.S. Supreme Court decision, state attorney general candidates are staking claims on what they’ll do to fight or defend access to abortion — and that’s attracting cash and votes. “By pretty much every indicator there is in a […]
Almost half of all cancers that lead to death can be attributed to risk factors that are avoidable, a new study found, with researchers advising that governments invest in supporting environments that minimize exposure to certain cancer risk factors. The study, which looked at cancer cases from 2019 and was published in The Lancet, found that 44 percent of cancer […]
Health Tech By JESSICA DAMASSA “If I continue to hear how difficult it is for hospitals to make money, I would like for them to see what it’s like to operate a real business. They are overstaffed…they are overpaying…they are not responsible for quality or outcomes…there are no guarantees on their services…they can block competition from entering their markets…they can […]
The new 180,000-square-foot Emory Executive Park Musculoskeletal Institute (EMSK) in Atlanta is the latest addition to the Emory’s Executive Park Innovation District. It brings orthopedics and spine care, physical therapy, imaging, and ambulatory surgery, as well as clinical and research space together under one roof. The design of the six-story facility, which opened in October 2021, was inspired by the […]
The new 180,000-square-foot Emory Executive Park Musculoskeletal Institute (EMSK) in Atlanta is the latest addition to the Emory’s Executive Park Innovation District. It brings orthopedics and spine care, physical therapy, imaging, and ambulatory surgery, as well as clinical and research space together under one roof. The design of the six-story facility, which opened in October 2021, was inspired by the […]
The last time I tried to wait out the pandemic, I drove south. My dog and I traveled nine hours from San Francisco to the Anza-Borrego Desert, which sprawls over more than half a million acres near the Mexican border. Most of that territory is untouched wilderness, rocky washes home to deer, pumas, and golden eagles. The place felt solitary. […]
Contract developer Minnetronix Medical recently announced that it has developed and commercialized its own product, an expandable deep brain access port called MindsEye. The St. Paul-based company has been around since 1996. During those 26 years, Minnetronix has manufactured devices across four key technology segments: optical systems, radio frequency energy, stimulation and active wearables, and fluid and gas management. The […]
BY ERIC LARSEN and TOMMY IBRAHIM Eric Larsen Tommy Ibrahim Our rural health care system has suffered badly during the COVID-19 pandemic. It entered the pandemic with severe structural weaknesses, including magnified health disparities and inequities, lower rates of vaccination in the general population, and high risk of rural hospital closures. Beginning with these challenges, rural providers have been harder […]
WakeMed Health & Hospitals (Raleigh, N.C.) is filing two certificates of need with the state of North Carolina to build a mental health facility in Wake County[no location selected], N.C., and a hospital in Garner, N.C., according to the website newsobserver.com The 150-bed mental health hospital will include separate units for adolescents, young adults, adults, and seniors. The WakeMed Garner […]