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Virtual Reality

Virtual reality can help quell perceptions of pain as well as dampening the prickling sensations that patients with nerve damage sometimes experience upon being touched.

A renal failure patient receives dialysis. A new study shows a drop in death in kidney failure patients from heart attack, PE and stroke.

Researchers have developed an AI-based system that can direct the administering of iron and other red-blood-cell stimulators nearly as well as experienced physicians.

Ultrasound Tech

The European Union has granted CE mark approval to a U.S.-based maker of AI software that aids radiologists in distinguishing between benign and malignant lesions on breast ultrasound images.

Health insurance giant Humana has rebranded its payer-agnostic healthcare services business, including its Partners in Primary Care and Family Physicians Group, to CenterWell.

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Amazon is launching its healthcare business, Amazon Care, across the U.S., expanding its telehealth services beyond its own employees.

Winter Nurse

Preparedness for pandemic response is only the third most pressing patient-safety concern in 2021, according to the ECRI Institute.

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The approval, made as part of a special FDA pilot program, took just 50 days.