A whopping 25% of spending in the U.S. healthcare system is waste, between $760 billion and $935 billion, according to a Humana-led study in JAMA.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), a presidential hopeful with the Democratic party, experienced a heart attack last week, his campaign revealed after reports confirmed Sanders underwent a stent placement procedure.

A recent guideline published in the Annals of Internal Medicine is getting some serious blowback from medical professionals. That’s because the guideline stated adults can continue eating red and processed meat without much harm to their health, arguing that previous research showing health harms from these products is weak.

Physicians who reject an AI-based recommendation of established care guidelines in order to provide more personalized medicine are at heightened risk of being sued for malpractice should the patient be harmed.

Signing a proclamation on Oct. 4, President Trump suspended and limited entry of immigrants who will put a financial burden on the U.S. healthcare system unless they are covered by approved health insurance.

The number of lung injuries from e-cigarette use, or vaping, has now topped 1,000, according to the CDC, while 18 deaths have been reported as of Oct. 1. The rise in deaths and number of cases comes as the CDC is still investigating with states on the cause of the lung injuries.

Machine learning can help electrophysiologists or other heart specialists decide whether a patient is a good candidate for a pacemaker or implantable cardioverter defibrillator, according to a study published Oct. 3 in PLOS One.

If the present time represents the advent of the AI Age, it also marks a golden age for biology. And the two will soon hungrily feed off one another, driving the next big thing in supercomputing.

Northwell Health, a New York-based nonprofit health system, is building its own electronic health records system and leveraging AI to do it, Axios reported.

Hospitals are seeing a drop in profitability, according to a flash report from Kaufman Hall.