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. 

Researchers at UBC have changed that by developing synthetic heart valves, arteries and veins that are practically portable.

In the face of growing resistance of bacteria to certain antibiotics, researchers at Oregon State University have made a breakthrough while studying peroxiredoxin.

The FDA recommended Aug. 31 that healthcare providers limit prescribing pain-killing or cough-suppressing opioids and benzodiazepines together, which could be a dangerous combination. 

The majority of health care plans available on the Affordable Care Act’s insurance exchanges in 18 states will be health maintenance organizations, according to a new analysis by McKinsey & Co.

Amyloid plaque in the brain has been shown to be a leading factor in the development of Alzheimer’s. Clinical testing explored if the monoclonal antibody aducanumab could stop plaque buildup.

Cutting out the cancer gene maybe closer to being a reality than before with CRISPR/Cas9 technology. Researchers have found a way to use the tool to diagnose inactive cancer mutations, which has the potential to be a big step forward in cancer research.

It seems common sense that the longer you stay in the hospital, the more it is going to cost you. Researchers from SAS Analytics and Duke University Health System set out to find if that is actually true in regards to patients in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).