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October 27, 2015

Fitness apps lack evidence-based tools

Smartphone fitness applications aim to change people鈥檚 behaviors, but often without the most effective tools, a new study shows.

October 27, 2015

Plaques detected by brain scan may predict Alzheimer鈥檚 development

Now, a new multicenter study has confirmed that brain imaging using an experimental radioactive dye can detect early evidence of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease, predicting future impairment among patients with little to no symptoms.

October 27, 2015

More scientists using weather patterns to 'forecast' disease outbreaks

In one recent study, two scientists reported they could predict - more than seven weeks in advance - when flu season was going to peak in New York City. Theirs was just the latest in a growing wave of computer models that factor in rainfall, temperature or other weather conditions to forecast disease.

October 27, 2015

Are we entering the age of the $1 million medicine?

The Western world's first drug to fix faulty genes promises to transform the lives of patients with an ultra-rare disease that clogs their blood with fat. The only snag is the price

October 27, 2015

New antibiotic envelope helps prevent infection after pacemaker surgery

New technology is helping prevent deadly infections after common pacemaker procedures

October 27, 2015

Tech that checks your vital signs could find what doctors miss

The cause of a stroke can sometimes be a mystery.

October 27, 2015

Hack-proof pacemakers: Code based on heartbeat could thwart disruption

Although there are no known instances of someone聽hacking a pacemaker聽or similar device to harm another person in real life, the danger is real. That's why researchers at Rice University in Houston decided to look for a better way to protect people's IMDs.

October 27, 2015

Government to keep ban on paying bone marrow donors

Could paying for bone marrow cells really boost the number of donors? The Obama administration is taking steps to block a federal court ruling that had opened a way to find out.

October 27, 2015

Soldier diagnosed with brain cancer delivers healthy baby after surgery

An Illinois National Guard soldier diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer has delivered a healthy baby girl after undergoing potentially life-saving surgery, Fox 2 Now reported.

October 27, 2015

Patients may prefer getting biopsy results by phone

Even though doctors have long been taught to deliver biopsy results in person, many patients may prefer the speed and convenience of a phone call, a recent study of U.S. dermatology clinics finds.