Thomas E. Starzl, MD, PhD, widely known as the “father of transplantation," has died at the age of 90 in his Pittsburg home. Starzl is credited with advancing the science of transplantations from risky ventures into feasible surgeries for some of the most at-need patients.  

Social media, meant to bring people together, is leaving its users feeling more isolated, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. A study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that time spent on social media increases perceived social isolation.

Fitness trackers have turned walking into something of a competition, with friends comparing the number of steps in a day or a week. Now, a company is aiming to bring wearable technology into the bedroom to track something more of a team sport.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released an evaluation of HHS efforts to improve electronic health records (EHR) for post-acute care. The GAO report states that the HHS “lacks a comprehensive plan to meet its goal of increasing the proportion of post-acute care providers electronically exchanging health information.”

MediBeacon, a company within the Pansend Life Sciences platform of HC2 Holdings, has released the results of a clinical trial testing the effectiveness of its Transdermal Glomerular Filtration Rate ("GFR") Monitor on patients with ranging kidney function.

A recent increase in the live-streaming of suicides have Facebook executives taking matters of prevention into their own hands and the hands of artificial intelligence.

HHS's Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has announced the winners of the Phase 2 in the Move Health Data Forward Challenge, a competition for developers to build applications for the secure sharing of health information. 

A gadget on your wrist at night may be meant to track your sleep, but the device may actually be what’s keeping you up. A recent study from the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine has found that not only are many sleep trackers inaccurate, but the stress they create with false analytics may keep their wearers up.