What could be good about world hunger? Plenty, according to an article written by now-retired University of Hawaii professor of political science George Kent. The story first ran in 2008 and went largely unnoticed for more than a decade, even though it was, bizarrely, published on the United Nations’ website.1 It wasn’t until the article… Read More »
Loading the player… Diane Austin shared with PEOPLE the inspiration behind her hair company, Coils To Locs, and opened up about her journey through cancer and motherhood. Read More: Dr. Jackie urges women to screen for cervical cancer Austin revealed a nervousness to share with her now 23-year-old daughter Paige her cancer diagnosis. At the… Read More »
Partners HealthCare, a health system founded by Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General, has set up two investment funds aimed at providing funding for digital technologies like artificial intelligence and pre-clinical life sciences. The two funds are the Artificial Intelligence and Digital Translation Fund, which boasts initial funding of $ 30 million over five… Read More »
The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation has launched its first phase of a patient registry with 2,000 patients on board. The foundation also is inviting researchers to submit proposals to access data from the registry, which could aid in understanding the causes of pulmonary fibrosis, ways to help doctors improve diagnoses and discover new treatments. Pulmonary fibrosis… Read More »