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October 24, 2015

Recovery from surgery quicker with hospitals' new protocol

Hospitals are starting to abandon the time-honored drill for surgery patients— including fasting, heavy IV fluids, powerful post-op narcotics and bed rest— amid growing evidence that the lack of nutrients, fluid overload and drug side effects can do more harm than good.

October 24, 2015

3D-printed hearts help surgeons save babies' lives

Replicas of the human heart that are made on 3D printers could help save babies' lives, new research suggests.

October 24, 2015

DNA test helps doctors avoid false positive cancer diagnoses

Imagine being told you have cancer – only to learn that your biopsy had been contaminated or mixed-up with someone else’s.

October 24, 2015

Creepy or cool? Device allows users to charge cellphones with their own blood

A graduate student in Jerusalem has created a stomach-turning device that eliminates the need to tote around a conventional cellphone charger. With Naomi Kizhner’s technology, you need just an arm with a vein.

October 24, 2015

US, South Korean health experts team up to contain North Korean pandemic risk

North Korea’s inflammatory rhetoric and atomic weapons testing aren't the only concerns for U.S. officials, as an even bigger threat than nuclear Armageddon may be lurking within the communist nation’s borders: The threat of deadly disease.

October 24, 2015

Voltage therapy helps paralyzed patients move again, regain function

When a car accident involving a drunk driver left Calven Goza paralyzed below the chest about two and a half years ago, it seemed that the 26-year-old would never move his legs again.

October 24, 2015

A new device can pump life into 'dead' hearts

The number of hearts available to thousands of Americans requiring a transplant every year could increase by up to 30 percent if a new piece of medical technology developed in Massachusetts is approved for use in the US, the MIT Technology Review reports.

October 24, 2015

Mammograms may be problematic for women with dense breasts

More women are learning their breasts are so dense that it's more difficult for mammograms to spot cancer. But new research suggests automatically giving them an extra test isn't necessarily the solution.

October 24, 2015

IVF linked to slightly higher rate of mental disability

Twins and triplets conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF) may have a slightly higher risk of mental retardation compared with children conceived without fertility treatments, according to a new study

October 24, 2015

New dad given 2 hours to live after bike accident survives with heart pump implant

Nearly three years ago, 47-year-old Curtis Broome and his wife, Heather, set off on a 32-plus-mile bike ride along a route called The Three Bears in Northern California.