The US Food and Drug Administration recently warned about the risks associated with using robotic devices during mastectomies and other cancer surgeries. The agency is cautioning...
The US Food and Drug Administration has issued yet another warning regarding the recall of the LifeVest 4000, after two patients died in relation to these...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has just flagged a common medical device—surgical staplers and implantable staples—because of a heightened risk associated with their use in...
A recent study shows that a blood test that doctors use to determine whether a patient has had a heart attack may be inaccurate, calling it...
The FDA has issued a Class 1 recall for Medtronic dual-chamber pacemakers sold under the model names Adapta, Versa, Sensia, Relia, Attesta, Sphera, Vitatron and distributed...
After childbirth and with age, some women leak urine when they laugh, sneeze, cough, exercise, or even just stretch. It’s called stress urinary incontinence, and it...
A study published in Jama Internal Medicine in late December 2018 found seniors who engage in moderate-intensity exercise for 12 months or more experience a reduced...
In-vitro fertilization is used to assist in reproduction by joining a father’s sperm to a mother’s egg in a lab. After fertilization, physicians place one or...
It is now possible to discover the presence of cancerous cells throughout the body in just ten minutes, according a recent study. Researchers from the University...
In 2018, it was estimated that 5.7 million people in the U.S. were living with Alzheimer’s disease and experts believe that number will jump to 14...
