For decades, the medical standard of care included race-based medical tests — or giving different scores to Black and white ...

For stable, symptomatic patients with suspected CAD who are deemed to be at “minimal risk” using a CT-based tool, deferral of diagnostic testing is just as safe as the usual approach and is even ...

New research among lung cancer screening participants has found that low-dose chest computed tomography (CT) screening is ...

Mohana Ravindranath is a freelance health, science, and tech journalist and a 2025 Association for Health Care Journalists fellow. She was previously a Bay Area health tech correspondent for STAT.

Some of the most challenging leakage-current-testing requirements are those for patient-monitoring devices—both invasive and noninvasive. Such testing can be time-consuming and expensive, so it is ...

Increased patient testing and less lab staff to perform manual tasks have created a bottleneck for care Now, automation found in high-volume labs is accessible no matter a lab’s footprint or volume ...

Routine laboratory tests are regularly performed in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (HD) to detect anemia, chronic kidney disease-mineral bone disorders, and cardiovascular disease. More ...

This study evaluated patient experiences with genetic testing for inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) and the association between underlying knowledge, testing outcomes, and the perceived value of the ...

The CDC's tracker shows ER visits for tick bites at the highest rates since 2019. And some people are getting sticker shock ...