“A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.” – Hunter S. Thompson
A bipartisan U.S. Senate group looks to ease the burden on Americans suffering from mental health and substance abuse disorders…
Developers have created a new tool that combines predictive analytics with artificial intelligence to improve outcomes and decrease…
Organ transplant patient Michele Coleman receives a follow-up exam a few months after surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis gave her a new set of lungs.
Opioid and heroin abuse have skyrocketed in America prompting new guidelines and regulations from the CDC and FDA. The AMA weighed in…
In a recent review paper published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University scientist Alessandro Vindigni, Ph.D., describes the strategies cells use when their DNA faces replication stress, challenges that may derail a…
Genetic errors identified in a new study led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis may reduce risk of heart attacks…
How can ‘trigger tools’ identify adverse events?
Each year the American Cancer Society releases the latest data as a litmus test of where the nation stands in the fight against cancer.
Using a laser probe, neurosurgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have opened the brain’s protective…
Read the Feb. 22 joint statement by National Governors Association Health & Human Services Committee Chair Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker; Vice Chair New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan; American Medical Association Chair-Elect Patrice A. Harris, MD, MA
The nation’s leading forum on innovations in population health is slated for March 7-9 in Philadelphia.
Healthways and Dr. Dean Ornish have teamed up on a secondary intervention proven to not only treat heart disease but also to reverse…
How important is the 7th character for Medicare/Medicaid claims?
New research indicates that the location of receptors that transmit pain signals IS important in how big or small a pain signal will…
Patient-centered design will enhance the new state-of-the-art academic facilities.
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Barnes-Jewish Hospital (BJH) are building a new outpatient facility in south…
Sam Bhayani, MD, who recently was appointed chief medical officer of the Faculty Practice Plan at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named the Holekamp Family Chair in Urology at Barnes-Jewish Hospital (BJH) and the School
A team of neurosurgeons and engineers has developed wireless brain sensors that monitor intracranial pressure and temperature and then…
Could your Facebook posts be the clue to your health?
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What happens in a nurse’s day?
