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Why do we remember emotional events better than non-emotional ones?

Medical Xpress

Most people remember emotional events—like their wedding day—very clearly, but researchers are not sure how the human brain prioritizes emotional events in memory.

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Heart attack on a chip shows how heart changes after the event

Medical Xpress

Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering have developed a "heart attack on a chip," a device that could one day serve as a testbed to develop new heart drugs and even personalized medicines. Researchers at the University of Southern California Alfred E.

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How Your Emotional Health Impacts Blood Pressure

Imperial Center Family Medicine

It’s similar to revving a car engine for too long while staying still. Studies associate the two hours after an episode of rage with a higher risk of adverse cardiovascular events. However, chronic stress keeps your body in a continuous state of high alert. Finding healthy emotional outlets is essential.

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FDA Releases Final Guidance on Use of Digital Health Technologies for Remote Data Acquisition in Clinical Investigations

FDA Law Blog

Considerations for design of usability evaluation are provided as well as a statement that the principles in the FDA’s guidance on Applying Human Factors and Usability Engineering to Medical Devices may be helpful in designing appropriate usability evaluations for DHTs.

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FDA’s New Draft Guidance on 510(k) Implant Devices: What You Need to Know

FDA Law Blog

Animal Testing When engineering analyses and mechanical tests may not comprehensively address the complexities associated with the clinical use of an implant, the draft guidance suggests that an animal study may be necessary to support SE to the predicate device.

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Bathrooms “R” Us

Physician's Practice

This may cause you to question the airline’s attention to details like engine maintenance or losing passenger’s luggage. Reynolds Blog Article The small details, like restroom cleanliness, shape patient perceptions and impact healthcare experiences in practices.

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Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Permanente Medicine

Patients nowadays have evolved, so our ability to build and engineer AI systems to help people help themselves is going to be the future. So I really appreciate all of the leadership that you provide within KP, but also externally. The second thing is really around patient self-service. Now, it isn’t just where patients want to go.