Smart pills dumb down medical care, experts warn: Researchers caution against rapid adoption of new tech 09/21/2018 Health News, Enthusiasm for an emerging digital health tool, the smart pill, is on the rise but...
Diagnosing and treating resistant hypertension 09/14/2018 Health News, Resistant hypertension affects 12 percent to 15 percent of patients treated for high blood pressure,...
Expedited partner therapy: With STDs at an all-time high, why aren’t more people getting a proven treatment? 09/14/2018 Health News, Nearly 2.3 million times last year, Americans learned they had a sexually transmitted disease. But...
More patients survive sudden cardiac arrest with new EMS technique that uses a breathing tube: Study showed a change in use of breathing tube can save more lives 08/29/2018 Health News, A new study showed that a change in the type of breathing tube paramedics use...
Scans cut heart attack rates and save lives, major study finds 08/27/2018 Health News, Heart scans for patients with chest pains could save thousands of lives in the UK,...
Unexplained illness in Tanzania puts pathogen discovery to the test 08/24/2018 Health News, When patients presented with unexplained fever at Mwananyamala Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, scientists...
Patients with healthcare-associated infections suffer social, emotional pain 08/18/2018 Health News, The consequences of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) reach well beyond patients' physical health, souring social relationships,...
YouTube is source of misinformation on plastic surgery: The first study to evaluate videos on facial plastic surgery procedures finds most are misleading 08/17/2018 Health News, In the first study to evaluate YouTube videos on facial plastic surgery procedures, Rutgers University...
Amputees feel as though their prosthetic limb belongs to their own body 08/15/2018 Health News, The famous idiom "seeing is believing" is not enough to help amputees with the use...
Bacteria-fighting polymers created with light 08/14/2018 Health News, Hundreds of polymers -- which could kill drug-resistant superbugs in novel ways -- can be...