Nanotechnology is the study and manipulation of matter at sizes between 1 and 100 nanometers. Nanomedicine is a burgeoning branch of nanotechnology that focuses on applying the principles of nanotechnology to advancing medicine and health care. Much of the work in nanomedicine has focused on how drug delivery can be... Read More

At the turn of the century, the Institute of Medicine released a report estimating that up to 100,000 patients a year die of medical errors in the United States. These staggering numbers caught the attention of providers, payers and policy-makers, and resulted in a movement aimed at reducing medical errors.... Read More

For years, doctors, public health professionals, and policymakers have been trying to deter people from unhealthy lifestyles choices, such as smoking and poor eating habits. One strategy employed by states in the constant battle to reduce consumption of unhealthy products is the use of excise taxes, with many countries applying... Read More

Web-based psychotherapy is emerging as an alternative to conventional therapy sessions, with Skype and other  telecommunication technologies serving as platforms through which patients can communicate with their therapists from miles away. At first, video conferencing was used to provide therapy for patients in supervised facilities such as prisons, rural clinics,... Read More

More than 650,000 people die of malaria every year, mostly in developing countries. Thanks to measures prevent mosquito bites and the development of new drugs, mortality from malaria has decreased drastically over the last decade. One commonly used treatment is the drug artemisinin, derived from the plant Artemisia annua.  Artemisinin is... Read More