Tag Archives: Medical

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Kansas City Chiefs cancel practice after player has medical emergency  Yahoo Sports Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Mike Tyson ‘feeling 100%’ after reported medical scare on plane  Yahoo Sports Source link

The death of Oklahoma student Nex Benedict has been ruled a suicide, according to a medical examiner’s report released Wednesday. The 16-year-old, who was transgender and used he and they pronouns, according to friends and family, died Feb. 8, a day after a fight at Owasso High School. His name has become a rallying cry among LGBTQ activists, who argue that an onslaught of legislation targeting the community has made schools less safe for queer and trans students like Nex. Nex had reportedly… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Google nixes paying out remainder of maternity and medical leave for laid-off employees  CNBC Google won’t pay remaining parental or medical leave for laid-off employees  Engadget Google workers hit back at CEO over layoffs: ‘Nowhere have workers’ voices been adequately been considered’  Fortune Source link

Uber Health (UBER), a subsidy of the popular ride-sharing app, has seen growing demand for services as it continues its foray into the $4 trillion health-care industry. Global Head of Uber Health Caitlin Donovan said there is especially growing interest in delivery services for specialized meals and medical devices. When it launched in 2018, it was primarily for patient ride services. “We’re thinking about how to choose the right partners to be able to do that at scale, because there is such a… Source link

Earlier this month, Google Cloud announced its latest venture within the realm of healthcare: a new Medical Imaging Suite. This initiative builds on years of hard work by the Google Cloud team, aimed at creating a universally friendly, efficient, and value-providing platform, with an ode to interoperability and accessibility. The applications behind the platform are multi-fold: Imaging Storage: the Suite will enable a more comprehensive way to store and access advanced medical imaging … Source link

Michigan assistant coach Mike Hart was carted off the field on a stretcher in the first half of the Wolverines’ game against Indiana. Hart was awake and alert as he was carted off after a medical episode and the entire Michigan team gathered around him on the sideline as he was being tended to by training staff. The halftime show of the Fox broadcast reported that Hart had a seizure on the sideline. Hart was taken to a hospital after he was transported off the field and Michigan said that he… Source link

Elias Theodorou died Sunday of complications of liver cancer. He was 34. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) Elias Theodorou, an outgoing and engaging man who reached a lifelong dream when he made it to the UFC, died Sunday at 34 of Stage 4 liver cancer. Reporter Aaron Bronsteter of TSN in Canada noted on social media that Theodorou had only shared his diagnosis with a few close friends. A black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Theodorou made it to the UFC on April 16, 2014, when he… Source link

The Google Maps app logo is seen on a smartphone in this picture illustration taken September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Aug 25 (Reuters) – Google will clearly label medical facilities in the United States that provide abortions in its search results and in Google Maps to avoid confusing them with anti-abortion centers, its top executive informed lawmakers on Thursday. When users search for “abortion clinics… Source link

Google has refused to reinstate a man’s account after it wrongly flagged medical images he took of his son’s groin as child sexual abuse material (CSAM), the New York Times first reported. Experts say it’s an inevitable pitfall of trying to apply a technological solution to a societal problem. Experts have long warned about the limitations of automated child sexual abuse image detection systems, particularly as companies face regulatory and public pressure to help address the existence… Source link