Jamie Wells
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Do 3D Scans Show More Trauma To Baby's Head At Birth Than We Knew?
It is no walk in the park to be born, for mom or baby. A new study hopes to shed light on just how stressful an average, uneventful delivery is on the fetal head and brain. → Read More
Royals Make Wise Choice Against Home Birth for Baby Archie
When it comes to delivery location, the stakes are too high to add a risk factor or hurdle to childbirth. Hospital births are the safest choice. → Read More
U.S. Births Hit Lowest Number in 32 Years
While some argue that a continued decline in the birth rate will merit a failed replacement rate for the overall population, it's time to take a pause and appreciate the nuances in these observed trends. → Read More
New Machine Learning Smartphone Platform Tackles Detecting Middle Ear Fluid. Useful?
With the hope of increasing accessibility for a burdensome medical issue, can this application actually make a dent as a screening or diagnostic tool? → Read More
Why We Fall | American Council on Science and Health
Jimmy Carter is reportedly doing well, recovering from surgery for a broken hip sustained after the 94-year-old former president fell at his home. With falls among the top five leading causes of preventable death, context is paramount. → Read More
'Like Being Buried Alive’: Mind Intact, Body Immobile
When it comes to injury to the central nervous nervous system, nothing matters more than location, location and location. And, luck is invaluable. → Read More
Genetically Engineered Phage Therapy 'Saves' Teen From Drug-Resistant Infection
Promising work just published in the journal Nature Medicine offers hope when antibiotic resistance, in an extremely sick patient, renders limited treatments. → Read More
Debunking Due Date Myths: Harry Says Royal Baby 'A Little Bit Overdue'
Before any misinformation spreads, it's important to unpack the real significance of surpassing a due date for mother and infant. → Read More
Does Success Of 1st Organ Delivery Flight Make Drones A Realized Medical Moonshot?
Successful organ transplantation requires that a logistically complex series of events take place well beyond the scope of an ideally-matched donor and recipient. As the applications keep expanding, delivery-focused technology is a boon for healthcare. → Read More
Canines Might Be Key to Early Cancer Detection
Should we turn our nose up at using a dog's keen sense of smell as a cancer screening tool? Or to help identify relevant biomarkers that scientists should be isolating for diagnostic purposes? → Read More
Healthcare Burden High For Foreign-Body Ingestion By Young Children
New research analyzed the rate of foreign-body ingestion in young children only to determine it increased 91.5% over the study’s 21-year period. Though the items and circumstances vary, no age is spared. Preventable injury is quite costly, in monetary terms and degree of anguish by often unnecessary suffering. → Read More
Dispelling Myths About Multidrug-Resistant Fungus
Though recent and alarming headlines are touting a global superbug, it can be hard to discern fact from fiction. Should we be worried? Let's take a look and find out. → Read More
4 Bees Found Living In Woman's Eye (Not As Uncommon As You Think)
Whether occupationally, recreationally, or induced by a run-of-the-mill activity, ocular issues involving objects is not rare. And the summer is a prime time for things, propelled by the wind, to land in the eye. → Read More
Can A Biomarker For Childhood Trauma Predict Severe Psychiatric Disease In Adulthood?
A new study reveals reduced telomere length is associated with childhood trauma in those with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Does this new research make a compelling case for its use in the real, not theoretical, world? → Read More
The Flawed, Idealized Metrics Of Lists Like WalletHub's '2019 Best & Worst States For Doctors'
Our culture likes lists. Websites and media sources recognize people click on them often. The problem is they routinely skew reality rather than enhance it. → Read More
Not All Headaches Are Brain Tumors (But Some Are)
A young woman ultimately diagnosed with a brain tumor claims "crippling headaches" were repeatedly dismissed as migraines. Headaches come in a wide array from benign to unsettling, so what are the red flags? → Read More
Woman Delivers Twins from 2nd Uterus, Month after 1st Baby
“How is this possible?” is the reverberating refrain in the media and online. But the reality is it isn't as rare as you would imagine. In fact, partially duplicated systems aren’t so uncommon. → Read More
Amazon Who? UPS Unveils 1st Drone Medical Delivery Route
Delivery-focused technology is a boon for healthcare. Whichever company does it best will enhance care quality -- and even possibly reduce costs. → Read More
College Admissions Scandal Highlights Often Ignored Gaming Of Medical System
Inappropriate requests bombard physicians constantly. And identifying honorable ones from the more nefarious diverts substantial time away from patient care. → Read More
What Are 2018 Top Drugs By Sales? Cancer, Cancer And Cancer!
Given therapeutics in the cancer category dominate the list is not so surprising, given the hefty price tag they yield. Where there is a great return there tends to be a great investment. → Read More