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FridayJun 09, 2023 1:17 pm

Deliberate UX/UI Design Boosts eCommerce Customer Satisfaction, Sales

E-commerce is the new frontier of trade. Companies such as Amazon have revolutionized trade in only a few decades and are now among the largest and most profitable companies on the globe. The internet granted businesses something they didn’t have for decades — a much wider reach both in terms of customers and potential partnerships. However, even though billions of people globally buy online, flourishing within the e-commerce sector is not an easy task. Businesses in this sector have a failure rate of around 80%–90%, and a lot of these failures can be traced back to poor UX/UI design. User…

ThursdayJun 08, 2023 2:46 pm

Scientists Close to Treating Hearing Loss Using Gene Therapy

Around 24.5 million people in the United States, aged 12 years and older, suffer from mild hearing loss while 10.7 million people 12 years and older live with moderate hearing loss. Up to 1.8 million people older than 11 years in the country suffer from moderate hearing loss while more than 400 million people worldwide have some degree of hearing loss. Although there is currently no cure for age-related hearing loss, people can use listening devices, such as hearing aids, to reduce the severity of the condition. In most cases, most of these people suffer from sensorineural hearing loss, which…

WednesdayJun 07, 2023 1:47 pm

Scientists Create Open-Source Platform to Analyze Brain Tumors in Kids

Every year, around 2,200 children and adolescents in the United States receive brain tumor diagnoses. Brain tumors rarely occur in these age groups, and most children and adolescents diagnosed with brain tumors grow into adulthood. However, even though pediatric brain tumors are relatively rare, they are among the leading causes of death in children in the country. Furthermore, even less deadly brain tumor variants with longer survival rates negatively affect the diagnosed children and their families. As such, researchers are constantly working on better diagnosing, analyzing and treating brain tumors to improve treatment outcomes even further. Recent efforts by a…

MondayJun 05, 2023 1:59 pm

Why Healthcare Should Adopt Merchandising Practices

Healthcare has gone through several evolutions throughout the course of human history. Our first attempts at treating medical conditions were half-hearted at best and hampered by our ignorance of germ theory and human biology. The acceptance of germ theory paved the way for modern healthcare and allowed humanity to treat previously fatal injuries and conditions, extending our lifetimes and giving people much longer lifespans. The medical field continued to develop in tandem with technology, adapting more and more complex technology into the field to enhance research and develop a wide variety of medications. With the internet and e-commerce now entrenched…

FridayJun 02, 2023 11:50 am

Initial Evidence Suggests Possible Link Between COVID-19, Tinnitus

The coronavirus pandemic threw the entire world into a lurch and showed us just how difficult it can be to deal with a pandemic in our increasingly connected world. A few months after the virus was first discovered in Wuhan, China, dozens of countries shut down their borders to stop the disease from spreading at the cost of economic activity. The coronavirus vaccine appears to have been instrumental in stopping COVID-19 infections, reducing negative health outcomes and opening up the world to international activity once again. However, although we are now through the worst of the pandemic, infections are still…

ThursdayJun 01, 2023 11:54 am

Study Shows Brain Cancer Among Top Cancer Types in US

Prior studies have indicated that brain cancer occurs with more frequency in Northern Europe, North America and Australia with Russia, India, the United States, China and Brazil having the highest brain tumor mortality rates. There has also been a significant increase in global brain and central nervous system cancer rates over the past few decades, with the number of cases surging by 94.35% from 1990 to 2019. A new study has now revealed that brain tumors are the fifth most common type of cancer in the nation. These tumors often occur as a result of a growth of abnormal cells…

WednesdayMay 31, 2023 11:34 am

Researchers ID Promising Strategy Against Immunotherapy Side Effects

Researchers from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center may have come up with a strategy that would allow them to eliminate the side effects associated with immunotherapy. Immunotherapy is a cancer treatment that leverages a patient’s own immune system to fight and kill cancer cells. It is a type of biological therapy used to treat a wide variety of cancers including breast cancer, brain cancer, bladder cancer, colorectal cancer and cervical cancer. Unfortunately, immunotherapy can also cause side effects such as fever, dizziness, weakness, joint or muscle aches and fatigue. In some cases, the treatment can cause severe side effects…

TuesdayMay 30, 2023 1:31 pm

Amazon’s $5 Monthly Plan to Deepen Giant’s Foray into Healthcare eCommerce

Amazon Prime members in the United States will soon be able to buy a variety of generic medications and enjoy doorstep delivery in exchange for a $5 monthly fee. The e-commerce giant recently announced the launch of a new program called RxPass that would grant U.S. Prime members access to more than 50 medications. Speaking to Reuters, Vin Gupta, Amazon Pharmacy chief medical officer, said that the medication provided by the platform can be used to treat more than 80 chronic conditions. These include diabetes, male pattern baldness, anxiety and high blood pressure — conditions that tend to affect a…

FridayMay 26, 2023 10:16 am

Why Adults May Develop Sudden Onset Eczema

Atopic dermatitis or eczema is a topical condition that causes patches of inflamed, dry and itchy skin. While it typically starts in childhood and becomes milder with age, some people can develop eczema as adults. Eczema can occur due to a wide variety of reasons including low humidity, dry weather, skin products, detergents and soaps, stress and even certain fabrics. Genetics also makes some people more likely to have eczema, and those individuals have a higher chance of experiencing flare-ups in response to triggers such as skin products, hormonal changes and allergens. Although it is irritating, atopic dermatitis is not…

ThursdayMay 25, 2023 3:38 pm

Proton Beam Therapy Could Boost Quality of Life for Cancer Patients

Cancer is still one of the most prolific killers in the world, accounting for one in every six deaths in 2020. Treatment outcomes often depend on the type of cancer and the speed with which it is diagnosed, with some types of cancer being relatively easy to treat and others having worse health outcomes. Brain tumors tend to have some of the worse outcomes because they can infect healthy brain tissues, restrict the flow of fluid in the brain, and compress and damage other parts of the brain. Regardless, the aim of every clinician with a cancer patient is to…