Imagine hospitals without piles of paper, where doctors use tablets instead of clipboards. That's the future heading to Vietnam's healthcare scene, where technology is starting to take over. The United Nations and World Health Organization have huge aims for better health worldwide. They see digital
First, let's understand how diseases are not just about your aches and pains. It's all about how people handle them. They're mostly two types of diseases and they have to decide. One about the diseases you get, like flu, and the ones you live with, like diabetes. We have to deal with are the decisio
Brazil is taking a big step in the fight against rare diseases. These ailments cover a wide range of 6, 000 to 8, 000 different conditions. Most of these are caused by genetics. Sadly, only about 5% of these diseases have specific treatments available. These diseases often show up early in life, aff
The Rainbow Project is a five year old initiative that has been making big changes in healthcare. It aims to improve services for LGBTQ+ young people and their families dealing with chronic health issues. It all started in 2020 when a big city hospital decided to make a change. They wanted to mak
Brazil has a serious problem that's not usually in the spotlight. The issue of antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, is causing huge problems in healthcare, not just for Brazil, but for the entire region of Latin America. The problem gets really acute when we tackled it on the local level. Brazil's vast
High cholesterol, or dyslipidemia, is a serious problem that raises the risk of heart issues. Imagine having a smart helper that can understand a lot of information. This kind of helper is called a Generative AI or GenAI, and it can be used to help manage high cholesterol. Think of it as a smart fri
Intensive care units (ICUs) are high-stakes environments where every decision can have life or death consequences. Imagine a team of doctors, nurses, and specialists working together to save lives. Now imagine that it's decision time. Should they continue treatment, or is it time to let go? This is
Many parents and their transgender children are now facing a difficult situation. A major hospital in Los Angeles stopped accepting new patients for a specific kind of treatment. This treatment was for kids and young people called hormone therapy. This therapy helps transgender people's bodies matc
So a bunch of trans women were dumped from their US jail lockups with just their hardened lives in their hands. The problem was because of Donald Trump's rules. Trump commandered the USA prison bros to get trans people out of women's lockups and into men's. Also, hormones? Out for the trans folks.
Let's call it a raw fact, seniors are more likely to have more than one chronic condition requiring multiple medications. Combine this with over-the-counter meds and supplements and you get a recipe for potential disaster. Doctors looking at these cases come across Time failing to address the comple
