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HEART HEALTH December 28, 2015

US patients get higher radiation doses in some heart tests

Compared to patients in other countries, the typical U.S. patient is more often exposed to excessive radiation during myocardial perfusion imaging, a new study suggests.

Medical Tech December 18, 2015

Beyond Fitbit: The quest to develop medical-grade wearables

A new wave of wearable computing devices that detect and monitor serious diseases is moving from the laboratory to the market, potentially transforming the treatment of conditions ranging from epilepsy to diabetes and creating business opportunities estimated to be worth tens of billions of dollars.

Health Care December 14, 2015

UK's health care system hooks up with Tinder to recruit organ donors

Stories abound of people in need of organ transplants finding proper matches on social media by luck alone, but the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) is aiming to facilitate those connections with a new partnership.

Foodborne Illness December 14, 2015

Startups take bite out of food poisoning

The recent food outbreaks of norovirus at Chipotle Mexican Grill are a reminder that one in six people in the U.S. experience food poisoning every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and 128,000 are hospitalized for it.

Medical Tech December 11, 2015

After the genome, AstraZeneca taps 'secretome' for novel drugs

AstraZeneca is diving into the world of proteins secreted by cells - collectively known as the secretome - in the hunt for new drugs and better "cell factories" for making biotech medicines.

Medical Tech December 10, 2015

North Carolina shark attack survivor, 12, to get robotic hand

A 12-year-old girl who survived one of North Carolina’s shark attacks over the summer had her final fitting  last week for a robotic arm, her mother, Laurie Yow, recently wrote in an update on Facebook.

Medical Tech December 10, 2015

J&J, Alphabet aim for smarter, smaller, cheaper surgical robot

Johnson & Johnson and Alphabet Inc's life sciences unit have formed an independent company to create far smaller, smarter and less costly robotic-assisted systems for surgery than those sold now by other companies, J&J said on Thursday.

Medical Tech December 9, 2015

Device that helps soldiers wounded in battle approved for use on US streets

A device developed by the military to save lives in the battlefield could soon be saving lives on US streets.

HEART HEALTH December 8, 2015

Organizations issue joint guidelines for breast cancer survivors

Most breast cancer survivors require routine mammograms and physical exams to check for new tumors, but they don't need additional imaging or lab tests unless symptoms suggest malignancies may have returned, according to new joint guidelines from two leading U.S. cancer groups.

NERVOUS SYSTEM HEALTH December 8, 2015

'Sting' approach doesn't make young doctors cut back on low-value tests

In a study using surprise visits by undercover instructors posing as patients, the approach did little to deter trainee-doctors from ordering unnecessary tests or to better focus them on their patients' goals.

MEDICAL RESEARCH December 3, 2015

US appeals court rejects Sequenom bid to restore prenatal DNA test patent

In a key decision that could put in doubt the validity of a wide swath of medical and biotechnology patents, a U.S. appeals court on Wednesday refused to reconsider an earlier decision invalidating a Sequenom Inc prenatal DNA test patent, despite conceding it was a "valuable contribution to science."