VA apps pose privacy risk to veterans’ healthcare data

The increasing use of apps provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs is meant to improve access to patient health and benefits information in convenient digital platforms. However, members of Congress are worried that this electronic data is vulnerable. “When a veteran downloads an app from the VA’s app store, how much personal information does… Read More »

What you need to know about Ehlers-Danlos syndrome patients [PODCAST]

“The symptoms of EDS aren’t limited to the musculoskeletal system and commonly affect everything from hearing and vision to integumentary issues such as prolonged wound healing and easy bruising. It also became apparent that the specialists I had seen had contributed valuable information to the overall puzzle but were simply not able to put it… Read More »

A bus driver was preparing for a turnaround in life. But the Moghbazar blast upended it

A horrific explosion that took down a three-floor building in Dhaka’s Moghbazar on Sunday night cut his life short and upended his family. His daughter Mim Akter, a student of class II, was crying in a corner of Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, for her father. Kashem was driving through Moghbazar,… Read More »

#Healthin2Point00, Episode 218 | Bicycle, NexHealth, Stork Club, DrChrono & Pear Therapeutics

Health in 2 Point 00 Jun 25, 2021• On Episode 218 of Health in 2 Point 00, it’s a big week in digital health for IPOs. Today Jess asks me about Bicycle Health’s $ 27 million Series A, bringing the substance use disorder startup’s total to $ 32.3 million. NexHealth, which is like Shopify for… Read More »