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Big Data Joins The Fight Against Traumatic Brain Injuries

Smart Data Collective

Big data is being used more frequently in healthcare facilities all over the world. One report shows that the global market for big data in healthcare is expected to reach $68.75 Healthcare providers are starting to evaluate the benefits of big data in treating traumatic brain injuries. billion in 2025.

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Raspberry Pi Health Care

The Health Care Blog

And, of course, easier to relate to healthcare. We buy them already designed and built, complete with an operating system and other useful software. Between 2006 and 2011, Eben Upton and his collaborators sought to change this. Healthcare has a fledgling DIY movement ( DIY pancreas , anyone?) Where’s our $5 MRI?”

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Tetanus: What to Do About This Deadly Infection?

Gideon

Before the pandemic, two notable outbreaks occurred in Indonesia during the devastating tsunami in 2005 and an earthquake in 2006. Spores of the bacterium, Clostridium tetani , enter our bodies and spread all over the nerves in the central nervous system. Tetanus is considered a medical emergency, and hospital care is required.

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The Hidden Dangers of Hospital Births and How to Protect You and Your Baby

Mercola

However, not all births can avoid hospital care, and in high-risk cases, hospitals are crucial. Childbirth, like many medical issues, is polarized both hospital births and home births have valid points, but it's rare to hear both sides be fairly presented so this article will attempt to. recently 1.5% recently 1.5%

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“Hospital Mergers Kill”: An Economists’ Exercise in Reality Distortion

The Health Care Blog

By JEFF GOLDSMITH In late June, 2024, two economists, Zarek Brot-Goldberg and Zack Cooper, from the University of Chicago and Yale respectively, released an economic analysis arguing that hospital mergers damage local economies and result in an increase in deaths by suicide and drug overdoses in the markets where mergers occur.