Modern methods make it possible to detect Alzheimer's disease (the most common case of dementia) only "after the fact", when irreversible changes have already occurred in the brain and treatment practically does not work. However, the first molecular sign ...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) - an experimental technology - implanting a device (like a pacemaker) into the patient's brain to transmit electrical impulses - is the subject of heated debate among medical professionals. This is a rather risky procedure, al ...

In the 2020s, the average hospital will look nothing like today. Doctors and nurses are increasingly using mobile devices and wireless technologies to provide medical care in the hospital, and this is called mobile health or mHealth. A 2018 study by Ze ...

Women who are in the group with an average risk of breast cancer are recommended by doctors to undergo a mammogram once every few years, starting at the age of 40. The American Society of Breast Surgeons has published an updated policy that women at mo ...

Matt Bucketta is a lung transplant surgeon. He often watches as patients wait for an organ for a transplant but never receive it. About 80% of lungs from donors are not suitable for use. M. Bakketta and a team of researchers from Columbia University in Ne ...