Which conditions are caused by infection? Though it may seem like an amateur concern in the era of advanced microscopy, some culprits evade conventional methods of detection. Large medical databases ...

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have developed new methods for analysing medical databases that can be used to identify diagnostic markers more quickly and to personalise ...

The new study highlights the effectiveness of an automated system in optimizing laboratory test utilization, ensuring medical necessity verification, and streamlining payment processing. Laboratory ...

A new study from Microsoft researchers warns that many types of databases used for electronic medical records are vulnerable to leaking information despite the use of encryption. The paper, due to be ...

Medical researchers are pooling their data to find diagnoses and cures for patients with extremely rare and sometimes undiscovered diseases. You probably haven’t heard of a disease called arterial ...

In the back parking lot of a Denver community health center, there’s a blue bus. On it are the words ‘All of Us.’ Inside, a nurse pulls open a Velcro sleeve as she checks the blood pressure of Denver ...

Over the past several years, the field of medical genetics has continued to expand and is now impacting a broad range of medical care, mainly due to rapid advances in genetic technology and ...

Science needs your private data to speed up breakthroughs. Researchers find it increasingly hard to recruit participants. Apple did its part earlier this month with ResearchKit and made an attempt to ...

The Hartford (Conn.) Courant ranked well-established medical schools by the percentage of their graduates who have been disciplined by government regulators. Unlike medical-malpractice lawsuits — ...

Most databases are controlled by their owners. Medicine is currently in a non-stop arms race among HMOs, insurers, and hospitals, with each hoping to control medical decisions through their control of ...

(Medical Xpress)—A published study conducted by researchers at West Virginia University has found that doctor and pharmacy shoppers are at a greater risk for drug-related death. A team of researchers ...

A new study from Microsoft researchers warns that many types of databases used for electronic medical records are vulnerable to leaking information despite the use of encryption. The paper, due to be ...