Nearly three quarters of physicians recognize that unnecessary medical tests and procedures represent a serious problem for the US healthcare system, but more than half say they would give in to a ...

The modern healthcare system operates on a fundamental belief that more testing equals better care, especially for older adults. This approach, while well-intentioned, has created an unexpected crisis ...

The world’s most advanced artificial intelligence systems are essentially cheating their way through medical tests, achieving impressive scores not through genuine medical knowledge but by exploiting ...

Low-value care-medical tests and procedures that provide little to no benefit to patients-contributes to excess medical spending and both direct and cascading harms to patients. A research team from ...

Home tests have rapidly moved into the mainstream worldwide since the COVID-19 pandemic, offering discreet access to diagnostics without a clinic visit. The annual sales in Germany alone are estimated ...

High levels of a hormone found in cells in the gut could underlie many cases of chronic diarrhea and help explain up to 40% of cases of patients with irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea, according ...

A new study showed that a non-invasive imaging test can help identify patients with coronary artery blockage or narrowing who need a revascularization procedure. The findings were published as a ...

FORT LIBERTY, NC – The U.S. Army Medical Test and Evaluation Activity (USAMTEAC) carried out an Operational Test (OT) of a new version of the medical oxygen concentrator (MOC) at Fort Liberty, NC.