Telemedicine has been able to help treat several types of patients, but it now is helping transgender patients throughout the country, according to a new report in the San Francisco Chronicle.

The American Medical Association (AMA) and the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization (IHTSDO) have partnered to develop an international system of coding and medical terminology products.

Growing back tails are only the beginning of what a salamander can accomplish. Axolotl salamanders are able to regenerate not only their tails but also internal organs and oocytes. James Monaghan, biology professor at Boston's Northeastern University, hopes to harness this natural ability to help treat infertility in women.

For people with body mass indices (BMI) over 30, the idea of relying on diet and exercise can seem an impossible task. ReShape Medical developed an Integrated Dual Balloon System to help those patients and have announced the results of the device to show significant weight loss through clinical trials.

CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt said the healthcare industry’s move away from volume and towards value-based care will be worth the short-term disruption in remarks to the American Academy of Actuaries.

Recharging devices and changing batteries may soon be things of the past thanks to engineers at the University of California San Diego. The team has developed a magnetic ink proven to be effective in the producing self-healing batteries, electrochemical sensors, wearable technology and textile-based electrical circuits.

Researchers at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics at Linköping University in Sweden have developed an ion pump that integrates itself within the communication pathways between nerves and muscles to reduce the feeling of pain.

Researchers from the University of Manchester have uncovered a method to control chronic pain by changing the frequency of waves within the forebrain.