Also called personalized medicine, this evolving field makes use of an individual’s genes, lifestyle, environment and other factors to identify unique disease risks and guide treatment decision-making.
Cynthia Rudin, PhD, is a highly regarded computer scientist who’s been eyeing the advance of artificial intelligence into society with equal parts enthusiasm and concern.
By now it’s a difficult-to-dispute likelihood: AI won’t replace doctors making diagnoses, but doctors who use AI will displace doctors who don’t use AI. The hypothesis gets a fresh airing out from the vantage point of the general public.
Researchers from Harvard have been able to successfully developed a way to transport vaccines using molecular manufacturing to keep the medication safe for traveling.
Undergoing testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) can be a troubling ordeal for most people. The feeling of embarrassment can even prevent people from getting tested altogether. myLAB Box is hoping to ease the minds of patients by introducing a “Testing to Treatment” program, an at-home STI test that includes a free counseling with a physician.
Native Americans across the Great Plains will soon have more access to healthcare with the implementation of a telemedicine program that will serve a network of 19 hospitals and clinics in the area, according to a recent Seattle Times report.
Fitbit, Jawbone and the Microsoft Band—these fitness trackers have exploded on the scene for weight loss. Millions of people track their steps and enter their diets in these apps as a way to lose those extra pounds, but do these wearables actually help us lose more weight than if we had just dieted and exercised alone?
Surescripts, a developer of health information networks, has announced it will give electronic health record (EHR) vendors access to its National Record Locator Service (NRLS) until 2019, increasing interoperability.
Mobile technology has taken the healthcare industry by storm at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital the technology has been grown from the ground up to make the hospital almost entirely mobile based.
Maryland Health Connection, the state's Affordable Care Act exchange, has announced its new mobile application, Enroll MHC, is ready just in time for open enrollment.
Reinsurance Group of America Incorporated (RGA) and roadtohealth are partnering up to continue development of the Quealth app, a digital health coach capable of accessing health risks.
