One of my physician colleagues recently presented me with a clinical conundrum. A patient had declined to start a recommended medication because an AI model had advised the patient against off-label ...

A Swiss biotechnology company said it has used the gene-editing technology CRISPR to treat a patient with a dangerous blood disease called beta thalassemia, marking the technology’s first trial run by ...

Patient alarms, meant to alert healthcare professionals of a crisis, sometimes go ignored and at times have led to patient deaths, according to a Boston Globe news report. Various healthcare equipment ...

NHS diagnostic pathways for heart valve disease are failing patients, with delays disproportionately affecting the most deprived areas of the UK hardest, a survey has shown. Results released to ...

A New Jersey hospital is notifying former patients after a patient died and subsequent state testing found Legionella bacteria in part of the facility’s water system, health officials said. Testing by ...

WORCESTER, Mass., Dec. 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- As patient care conditions continue to deteriorate at Tenet-owned St. Vincent Hospital, the registered nurses and the Massachusetts Nurses Association ...