According to the American Heart Association, over 6.5 million people in the United States are suffering from heart failure (HF). It’s mortality rate is about 50%. Therefore, at an age of 45, white male Americans have a 30 percent chance of developing heart disease whereas white women have a 32% chance. Heart failure is a …
Blood pressure basically refers to the force through which your blood flows through your vessels. Testing your blood pressure is the best way to find out whether your blood pressure levels are higher or not. High blood pressure is a disease also known as (hypertension or HDP). According to a report, about one-third of adults …
It is common around the healthcare industry for patients to wait for weeks and months to get an appointment from doctors and then wait till they get treated. This is the traditional model of healthcare. In the past few years, the healthcare industry has grown to the extent that it has developed different models through …
Covid-19, what seemed like a harmless infection turned into a magnanimous life-threatening disease that quickly shaped up into a pandemic causing millions of people to lose their lives across the world. The world suffered at the hands of a pandemic which paved the way for a lot of newfound diseases and health conditions. The viral …
Healthcare just like food and clothing is one of the basic human needs. However, you have to pay for these basic needs. Recently, people are demanding that everyone should have access to quality healthcare regardless of their financial status, as a delay in medical treatment might put someone’s life at risk. However, the government is …
Passing high school and then starting your professional degree is a milestone. Every individual is different and everyone has the right to choose his or her career path. Some go into medical, some opt for engineering, some choose arts and the list goes on. Well, if you wish to start your medical journey and that …
Pharmaceutical is a broad field and many students while choosing this to build a career often don’t know that it has several branches. Each branch or specialization requires specific education and training. So before choosing any specialty of the field, be prepared and do your research to have a clear understanding of different (confusing) concepts. …
Physicians specialize in different fields and cardiothoracic surgery is one of them. This specialization offers a promising career but it is advised that before choosing it, you should do your research about the exact responsibilities that come along with it. In this guide, we will tell you how to become a cardiothoracic surgeon and outline …
The pandemic has highlighted how important for a country it is to have an effective healthcare system. People are living in constant fear of not only being subjected to the virus, but also the medical bills that could potentially pile up. With readily available data via electronics health records, medical billing, and medical coding – …
In 2021, there were several healthcare data breaches, and it’s disturbing. Such breaches with sensitive medical data must be neutralized at all costs. What happened in 2020? In 2020, a report was issued on the state of Healthcare Cybersecurity. This report was based on survey results from more than 2,400 professionals that dealt with the …