August 4, 2016 Special drug rushed to help brain-eating amoeba patient A pharmaceutical company has rushed a special drug that once saved the life of a girl who contracted a usually deadly brain-eating amoeba to a South Carolina hospital with its own patient fighting the disease.
August 4, 2016 Blisters and burns prompt fitness tracker recall One of the first fitness trackers to include a wrist-worn heart rate monitor, the Basis Peak, is now being recalled because of its potential to cause blisters or burns on the skin, the company said today.
August 2, 2016 Female MDs in US paid less than male MDs At U.S. medical schools affiliated with public universities, female physicians get paid tens of thousands of dollars less each year than their male colleagues, according to a new study.
August 2, 2016 Remote heart monitoring can help detect emergencies Instead of having heart monitors with noisy alarms near patients' beds in the hospital, it might be better to have off-site technicians do the heart monitoring remotely, a recent study suggests.
August 1, 2016 GSK and Google parent forge $715M bioelectronic medicines firm GlaxoSmithKline and Google parent Alphabet's life sciences unit are creating a new company focused on fighting diseases by targeting electrical signals in the body, jump-starting a novel field of medicine called bioelectronics.
July 28, 2016 Dr. Manny: The problem with robotic surgery? No competition A recent report from the Washington Post analyzes whether advanced technological robots in the operating room offer any real benefits to prostate cancer patients and surgeons in the U.S.
July 28, 2016 New crop of robots to vie for space in the operating room Even though many doctors see need for improvement, surgical robots are poised for big gains in operating rooms around the world.
July 25, 2016 4 smartphone tools to help avoid skin cancer New smartphone applications help detect cancerous moles and warn users about dangerous UV rays
July 19, 2016 'Dense breast' definition varies widely Radiologists don't agree on what qualifies as "dense breasts," according to a new study.
July 19, 2016 Women on osteoporosis drugs still need bone density screenings Women with osteoporosis who take drugs to help avoid fractures still need to have their bone density monitored, a Canadian study suggests.