Report: Stakeholders interested in device innovation should support a comprehensive partnership on medical devices to monitor the products' performance.
The cost of treating the more than 7 million people with substance use disorder can be taxing, but sorting out the complex economics of treating substance use disorder is the goal of a new center funded by a $5.8 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Even after years in practice, Dr. Alex Proekt still finds it remarkable that anesthesiologists can induce a coma-like state, allowing patients to undergo surgery without feeling pain.
Dr. Erica Jones has created an ambitious new program dubbed "HeartHealth" at the Dalio Institute of Cardiovascular Imaging that aims to curb heart disease long before symptoms appear.
If primary care physicians obtained additional training in a subspecialty area, they could treat patients who might ordinarily be referred to specialists, allowing experts to focus on the most complex cases.
New insight into how the intestines repair themselves after daily attacks from microbes in the environment could lead to innovative approaches to treating inflammatory bowel disease.
One in five lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender healthcare trainees and professionals believe their academic medical center doesn't provide a supportive environment to facilitate a successful career.
A nonprofit established in memory of a Ugandan woman who died at age 29 from complications of type 1 diabetes strives to prevent others from sharing a similar fate.
Qar'zma Butler was 7-years-old when she was diagnosed with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, a rare disease that often damages the cornea. Luckily for her, Weill Cornell's Dr. Kimberly Sippel is pioneering a new treatment that is saving children's sight.
A non-invasive test that scours urine for the by-products of metabolism as well as three genetic molecules can more accurately detect whether transplanted kidneys are being rejected by patients' bodies than a scan that examines either measure alone.
With a $1.92 million grant, the Leon Levy Foundation is renewing its fellowship in neuroscience through 2019, ensuring that more early-career physicians and scientists can pursue their innovative research.
