The TikTok video begins with a young woman sitting in the passenger seat of her car, looking around unassumingly. The doppelganger has her own caption: “Pelvic floor dysfunction.” The TikTok’s creator, Alicia Jeffrey-Thomas, is a pelvic health physical therapist in Medfield, Mass., who goes by the moniker the Pelvic Dance Floor. Maria Velissaris, a founding partner of SteelSky Ventures, which …
Amazon is stepping back into virtual care with a new service that uses secure messaging to connect patients with doctors for help with nearly two dozen conditions. The retail giant said Tuesday it will launch “Amazon Clinic” in 32 states to provide medication refills and care for conditions like allergies, erectile disfunction, hair loss, migraines and urinary tract infections. Tuesday’s …
Amazon has launched an online chat service to provide customers with advice on common health woes. Amazon Clinic, described as a 'virtual health storefront', will connect people with doctors to get advice and prescriptions for more than 20 common health conditions, such as allergies, acne and hair loss. The US online retail giant said its new 'virtual care service' will …
Racked with anxiety, Lauren Shell needed to talk to her cancer doctor. She felt comforted afterward “knowing that I wasn’t alone.” This is how doctors and health care researchers envision telemedicine evolving after the COVID-19 pandemic fades. “Your care is going to get better,” said Dr. Thomas Lee, a Harvard professor and care delivery expert with the health care consultant …
