Healthcare Innovation

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Telemedicine, spurred by necessity during the COVID-19 pandemic, saw a dramatic increase in adoption, demonstrating the potential for rapid innovation in healthcare delivery when faced with crisis. elaborate share

Neurology

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Your brain uses about 20% of your body's total energy, even though it only makes up about 2% of your body's mass. elaborate share

The placebo effect, where a fake treatment improves a patient's condition simply because they believe it will, can be surprisingly powerful, sometimes achieving 30% or more of the effect of an actual medication. elaborate share

Merck & Co. (known as MSD outside the US and Canada) developed the first commercially successful measles vaccine. elaborate share

Pandemics

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The 1918 influenza pandemic, often called the Spanish Flu, infected an estimated 500 million people—about one-third of the world's population at the time. elaborate share

Telehealth

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Telehealth can be used to monitor patients' vital signs remotely, sometimes even without the need for wearable devices, using just a smartphone camera. elaborate share