Medical groups are warning that new federal data-sharing rules, enabling people to get their health records through a smartphone, could…
When Apps Get Your Medical Data, Your Privacy May Go With It
Medical groups are warning that new federal data-sharing rules, enabling people to get their health records through a smartphone, could…
Getting Your Medical Records Through an App? There’s a Catch. And a Fight.
Medical groups are warning that new federal data-sharing rules, enabling people to get their health records through a smartphone, could…
Medical News Today: Breast cancer: Hormone therapy may only put some cells to ‘sleep’
A laboratory analysis of the effects of hormone therapy on thousands of breast cancer cells found that this approach does…
The Hospital Treated These Patients. Then It Sued Them.
Most hospitals do not frequently take patients to court over medical debt. But since 2015, Carlsbad Medical Center, in New…
Bacteria in pneumonia attack using bleaching agent
Research shows that bacteria use hydrogen peroxide to weaken the immune system and cause pneumonia. Hydrogen peroxide is also known…
It takes a community to lower cardiovascular risk
People in 16 communities received usual care and those in 14 communities had an intervention that included the initiation and…
Mumps study shows immunity gaps among vaccinated people
Immunity against mumps virus appears insufficient in a fraction of college-aged people who were vaccinated in childhood, research indicates. The…
Enzyme known for promoting cancer found to also protect healthy cells
New research reveals a new role for the enzyme telomerase, which scientists thought was turned off in most normal adult…
Lifestyle, not genetics, explains most premature heart disease
Physical inactivity, smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes, and high cholesterol play a greater role than genetics in many young patients…