For stable, symptomatic patients with suspected CAD who are deemed to be at “minimal risk” using a CT-based tool, deferral of diagnostic testing is just as safe as the usual approach and is even ...

The biopsy is done and now you wait. You probably know medical test results can be available through your online patient portal. Some day you might find your doctor holding out. The American Medical ...

Increased patient testing and less lab staff to perform manual tasks have created a bottleneck for care Now, automation found in high-volume labs is accessible no matter a lab’s footprint or volume ...

Mohana Ravindranath is a freelance health, science, and tech journalist and a 2025 Association for Health Care Journalists fellow. She was previously a Bay Area health tech correspondent for STAT.

Some of the most challenging leakage-current-testing requirements are those for patient-monitoring devices—both invasive and noninvasive. Such testing can be time-consuming and expensive, so it is ...

Some "routine" medical care after 65 hurts more than it helps — and Medicare won't pay every bill.

A gene expression test can help prevent unnecessary chemotherapy in breast cancer patients, yet its use in the Netherlands ...