Precision Medicine

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.

Listen up: Music therapy packs potential to improve brain function

Researchers have long known music can lead to health benefits. Now, an application aims to further integrate music therapy into the healthcare field.

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Supercomputer simulation reveals possible solutions to antibiotic resistance

Antibiotic resistance is here, and researchers have been scrambling to find a possible solution to fight back. In simulations conducted on a supercomputer at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, researchers have uncovered a new class of drug candidates that might be the leading weapon in fighting antibiotic resistance.

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Using blocks to unlock the brain

Trying to understand the inner workings of the brain is no easy task. Often studied with complex technological tools like MRI’s, researchers from at Case Western Reserve University are choosing the easy route by using blocks to study the brain.

Retail clinics aren’t reducing unnecessary ED visits

Having a retail health clinic nearby isn’t steering patients away from going to the emergency department (ED) for common low-acuity conditions.

eHealth in rehabilitation becomes standard in improving doctor-patient relationship

eHealth technologies have set out to improve the physician-patient relationship between is an essential part of any successful healing process. An opinion piece by physicians analyzing how rehabilitation medicine uses eHealth outlines three points to how the doctor-patient relationship can be improved.

No need to apply pressure: Two innovations to stop the bleeding

Researchers have been able to develop two new ways to stop excessive bleeding in a wide range of applications.

Emory Healthcare launches remote care program for ICU patients

To provide around the clock care to ICU patients being treated at Emory Healthcare in Atlanta, the health system has partnered with two companies as it launches a pilot telemedicine program.

Michigan health system opens new ER department

North Ottawa Community Health System (NOCHS) in Grand Haven, Michigan, has opened an emergency department for area patients, reports the Grand Rapids Business Journal.

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CMS finalized a significant policy change when it increased the Medicare payments hospitals receive for performing CCTA exams. What, exactly, does the update mean for cardiologists, billing specialists and other hospital employees?

Stryker, a global medtech company based out of Michigan, has kicked off 2025 with a bit of excitement. The company says Inari’s peripheral vascular portfolio is highly complementary to its own neurovascular portfolio.

RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses declining reimbursement rates, recruiting challenges and the role of artificial intelligence in transforming the industry.