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Analysis: Why Alexa’s bedside manner is bad for health care

Amazon has opened a new health care frontier: Now Alexa can be used to transmit patient data. Using this new feature — which Amazon labeled as a "skill" — a company named Livongo will allow diabetes patients — which it calls "members" — to use the device to "query their last blood sugar reading, blood sugar measurement trends, and receive insights and Health Nudges that are personalized to them."

4 Jun 2019

Crackling and wheezing could be the sounds of a progressing lung disease

Doctors know they're the sounds of lung problems, but it turns out they might be more than symptoms--crackling and wheezing could be the sounds of a disease progressing, a University of Michigan researcher has found.

16 Apr 2019

On the border, volunteer doctors struggle to provide stopgap care to immigrants

It wasn't the rash covering Meliza's feet and legs that worried Dr. José Manuel de la Rosa. What concerned him were the deep bruises beneath. They were a sign she could be experiencing something far more serious than an allergic reaction.

5 Apr 2019

Northwestern Medicine and Eko join hands to improve heart disease screening with AI technology

Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute is pioneering the use of artificial intelligence for cardiac screening in a new study of Eko's cardiac monitoring platform.

8 Mar 2019

Updated scientific statement on blood pressure measurement in humans

The accurate measurement of blood pressure is essential for the diagnosis and management of hypertension, a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke, according to an updated American Heart Association scientific statement on blood pressure measurement in humans, published in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension.

4 Mar 2019

New blood drop emoji due to hit smartphone keyboards in the spring

Blood donors can soon use their time in the donation chair to let people know they are saving lives – using a new blood drop emoji.

8 Feb 2019

Special Feature: World Cancer Day

This World Cancer Day, we provide information and advice for those who want to reduce their risk of cancer, are caring for someone with cancer or simply want to learn more.

4 Feb 2019

Breast cancer patients at increased risk of atrial fibrillation

A new study has shown that patients with breast cancer may be at an increased risk of developing the heart condition atrial fibrillation (AF).

29 Jan 2019

The Tiny Camera That Could Revolutionize Cardiovascular Surgery

An interview with Cambridge Consultants, discussing Leap; a miniature camera that provides a digital view of live veins and arteries.

22 Jan 2019

Study lays foundation for addressing unresolved questions in human aging

Doctors have long observed that biological age and chronological age are not always one and the same. A 55-year-old may exhibit many signs of old age and have numerous age-related diseases, whereas an 80-year-old may be healthy and robust.

20 Dec 2018

DNA analysis finds that stethoscopes used in the ICU are teeming with bacteria

Researchers have found that stethoscopes carried by healthcare practitioners in an intensive care (ICU) setting are loaded with a wide range of bacteria.

12 Dec 2018

Researchers integrate several technologies to design new digital stethoscope

Researchers developed a new digital stethoscope that combines precision sensors, electrocardiogram technology and machine learning applications into one piece of equipment to better detect heart ailments and problems that might occur with an implanted heart pump.

26 Oct 2018

Tweaking nuclear pores could provide new avenue to battle against cancer

If the cell nucleus is like a bank for DNA, nuclear pores are the security doors around its perimeter. Yet more security doors aren't necessarily better: some cancer cells contain a dramatic excess of nuclear pores.

19 Sep 2018

Getting better prepared to treat in-flight medical emergencies

"Ladies and gentlemen, is there a physician on board?" The flight attendant on a flight from Rwanda to Turkey made the announcement no one wants to hear, and Rachel Zang, MD, an Emergency Medicine resident at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, jumped into action.

31 Mar 2018

Scientists develop brain “stethoscope” that can detect silent seizures

Neurologists at Stanford have developed a diagnostic tool that can translate the brain’s activity into sounds for the detection of silent seizures.

21 Mar 2018

Template produced for clinically validated DIY stethoscope

Researchers have produced a freely available template for 3D printing a functioning stethoscope from the same plastic used to make garden chairs.

15 Mar 2018

Researchers develop open-source, clinically validated template for 3D-printed stethoscope

A team of researchers have developed an open-source, clinically validated template for a 3D printed stethoscope for use in areas of the world with limited access to medical supplies - places where a stethoscope could mean the difference between life and death.

14 Mar 2018