Your doctor may soon prescribe you a smartphone app in addition to drugs and physical therapy. Hospitals are developing new…
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Robots help hospital-bound cancer patients keep up with schoolwork, friends
Peyton Walton, of Poolesville, Md., has to stay at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York for five weeks…
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Dissolving stent for heart arteries passes first large test
Now you see it, now you don’t. A new type of heart stent that works like dissolving stitches, slowly going…
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Medtronic recalls loading system for heart device
Medtronic Plc has recalled 6,912 units of loading system of a recently approved heart device after reports of the presence…
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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…
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Scientists create smartphone accessory that detects syphilis, HIV in 15 minutes
Engineers at Columbia University have invented a smartphone accessory that can detect three markers for sexually transmitted diseases with a…
Read MoreFDA approves Abbott device for leaking heart valve
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Abbott Laboratories’ MitraClip medical device, used to stop heart valve leakage in…
Read MoreNeuroscientist helps light up former Grateful Dead drummer’s shows
Former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart has a new piece of equipment accompanying him on his latest tour – a…
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MRI-guided brain surgery easier on Parkinson’s patients
For patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease, getting deep brain stimulation, a sort of “pacemaker” for the brain, can dramatically reduce…
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Study looks into better screening tools for lung cancer
Lung cancer is the leading cause of mortality from cancer in the United States, accounting for an estimated 160,000 deaths…
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