Low healthcare literacy accounts for much of the confusion that both patients and physicians face when trying to achieve the best care possible. Methods of increasing literacy have just gotten a ton easier thanks to FAIR Health who have designed an easy to use app to help users tackle the difficult decisions in regards to health insurance.

Metastatic breast cancer is both aggressive and difficult to treat. Researchers have been searching within human genes to find new ways to treat this cancer—and a team at Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center have made a discovery that may impact how the cancer is treated in the future.

Scientists have developed a new sensor capable of detecting E. coli 20 minutes more quickly than conventional laboratory testing methods. The sensor also works in a variety of different environments where the bacteria could be found.

Nurses, especially highly experienced nurses, underrate moderate and severe patient pain associated with pediatric burn dressing changes, according to new research published in the journal Burns. 

Getting the recommended eight hours of sleep might be more important than you think according to researchers who are trying to prove how sleep and depression lead to Alzheimer’s disease.

Scientists researching a way to eliminate cancer recurrence took the phrase “two is better than one” literally as they found that combining chemotherapy and immunotherapy eliminates hidden dormant cancer cells.

According to calculations by researchers at the Guttmacher Institute in New York, the teen Pregnancy Risk Index is steadily falling—by about 5.6 percent each year. 

Entering a smart hospital room is comparable to walking into the Apple store these days with the leaps forward technology has achieved in recent years. With all these new technologies patients are becoming more involved in their care, becoming more knowledgeable and doctors are more connected to patients than ever.