Study validates a new risk model that allows for more accurate risk estimates, encourages shared decision-making, and helps ...

Patients with atrial fibrillation who are prescribed diltiazem to control heart rate alongside anticoagulants (blood thinners ...

Patients come in many shapes and sizes. So do their complaints – from the seemingly trivial to the ones that will obviously trigger a malpractice lawsuit. A practice that masters the management and ...

A major new study, led by Queen Mary University of London has been published in The Lancet Public Health. It found that out ...

Once reserved for very high-risk patients, the use of transcatheter aortic valve replacement in low-risk cases has increased ...

Five practical guardrails to get accurate, private and actionable health answers from AI chatbots — what to ask, what to avoid.

Last year, I faced a harrowing experience that would change my perspective on healthcare forever. What began as an emergency surgery to combat a flesh-eating bacteria quickly turned into a nightmare.

Montelukast is a leukotriene receptor antagonist approved for the prophylactic and chronic treatment of asthma and the relief of allergic rhinitis.

Healthcare organizations often focus their patient safety efforts on the inpatient setting, but research shows a significant number of patients experience adverse events in the outpatient setting. The ...

Over the last several years, hospitals have been hard at work to develop strategies to avoid penalties and denial of payments associated with high readmission rates. More recently, the expansion of ...

Across its nationwide network, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has developed a system of Patient Record Flags (PRFs) to identify veterans whose clinical or behavioral profile may carry ...