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.
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Federal committee approves first cancer cell immunotherapy trial to be tested on humans

CRISPR, a gene-editing technology device, was approved Tuesday by a national advisory committee for a study that will examine three types of cancer.

Boston Children's tops list of best pediatric hospitals in the U.S.

U.S. News & World Report recently released its list of the top children’s hospitals for 2016-2017. Based on clinical data and pediatric specialists, the rankings examined 106 hospitals in 10 major specialties.

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Growing together: Demonstrating value for enterprise imaging with 6 use cases you can implement today

Carestream

As the power of information technology expands, the healthcare system has begun to shrink. Integrated IT systems are allowing providers to communicate across an enterprise like never before.

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Birth control? There’s an app for that too

On top of all the things you can do with your phone, add getting birth control. An article from the New York Times highlights the new apps and websites available to women that make it possible to get prescription contraceptives without going to the doctor.

Everything is bigger in Texas, and that includes sports medicine

The Dallas Cowboys football franchise is partnering with the biggest not-for-profit healthcare system in the Lone Star State to build and run a hulking sports medicine and research complex with a footprint stretching out over a 300,000-square-foot campus. 

Students develop app that aims to predict readmission rates, cut associated costs

Students at Binghamton University, State University of New York, have developed an app meant to reduce readmission rates in hospitals with a data-based assembled prediction model, reports News Medical. 

App calculates risk, reward for patients using aspirin

Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital have developed a mobile app called "Aspirin-Guide" that is able to calculate the cardiovascular disease risk and the bleeding risk scores for patients while helping clinicians decide which patients are appropriate candidates for the use of low dose aspirin.

Study: 30,000 trauma deaths could be prevented using military expertise

Integrating military trauma care with traditional hospitals could lead to a quicker and more effective response to car accidents, gunshot wounds and other trauma events, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

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Cardiologist compensation still rising, especially in invasive and interventional cardiology

Updated compensation data includes good news for multiple subspecialties. The new report also examines private equity's impact on employment models and how much male cardiologists earn compared to females.

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FDA’s tirzepatide decision creates uncertainty for patients—and leads to a lawsuit

When drugs are on the FDA’s shortage list, outsourcing facilities can produce their own compounded versions. When the FDA removed tirzepatide from that list with no warning, it created a considerable amount of chaos both behind the scenes and in pharmacies all over the country. 

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Cardiology groups cheer new bill that would improve access to Medicare claims data

If passed, this bill would help clinician-led clinical registries explore Medicare data for research purposes. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons and American College of Cardiology both shared public support for the bipartisan legislation. 

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