Cedar-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles issued a study (a randomized controlled trial) on inpatient virtual reality use.
Telemedicine – the use of technology to provide clinical health care from a distance – is growing and changing, and the ability to get medical care remotely is increasing with increasing technological advances.
On June 3, 2016, Muhammad Ali, the “Greatest of All Time” died. As most people know, Muhammad Ali had been battling Parkinson’s disease for decades.
New medical research has found that people are more likely to develop an irregular heartbeat following the death of their spouse.
UW’s Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering has been granted $16 million dollars to carry out research that hopefully will one day allow paralyzed people to move their limbs.
A recent study looks at the relative benefits and risks of mechanical and biological heart valves used in aortic valve replacements.
Recently, researchers at Baylor University College of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Medical Center created a computer algorithm designed to prompted doctors to follow up with patients.
A recent article in Politico outlines the growing issue of electronic medical records leading to lawsuits.
A new analysis of data shows that, generally speaking, surgeons get better with experience. It is good practice for a patient to ask about a surgeon’s experience performing the proposed procedure, but under Washington law, surgeons have no duty to disclose the information to you in order to properly inform you of the risks of the surgery.
Cardiac enzyme testing is currently relied on to help rule out a cardiac explanation for symptoms that may represent acute cardiac syndrome. This article is a sequel to “A Fatal Standard of Care for Heart Attack Victims?”
