According to a new study, genetic testing is more likely to turn up false positives for black people than white people when looking for mutations related to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. 

CMS has released new data on prescriptions made by physicians and providers paid for through Medicare Part D in 2014.

We live in an age where young skin is revered, tan is in and sun safe behavior is at an all-time low. Researchers from the University of Surrey have conducted a study on which method promotes young women to protect their skin from the sun and ultimately, skin cancer.

AT&T may already be providing your cellphone service, but now it’s delivering connectivity for wearable medical devices as well. A new partnership between Biotricity, a medical diagnostic and consumer healthcare tech company, and AT&T means that the service provider is now responsible for granting “near real-time connectivity for [Biotricity devices’] data transmission.”

In a Health Affairs blog post, Association of Academic Health Centers (AAHC) President Steven Wartman, MD, PhD, wrote about ways he believes graduate medical education (GME) and residency can be improved.

A medical study might be envisioned, executed and published during one PhD candidate’s advanced degree study course. But that’s not the best way to actually learn new things related to science and medicine, according to The Atlantic. 

Kentucky has filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson’s medical device unit, Ethicon, alleging it concealed and purposely misrepresented the risks involved in its surgical transvaginal mesh products to physicians and patients.

In the annual Surescripts national report, the results for the use of technology in healthcare shows that interoperability continues its growth trend.