Calling your doctor to get lab results might be a thing of the past: a new federal rule will allow patients to have direct access to their completed laboratory reports. The final rule notes that some ...

Akron General Hospital and Summa Health System have launched a pilot program that allows the healthcare organizations’ physicians and affiliated practices to electronically share patients’ lab results ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Jeri was surprised when her OB/GYN office was calling her on February 1. It had been a year since her last exam when they told her there was nothing to worry about. The phone ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases rated “knowing when the medication is not working” as ...

One of the most basic aspects of health care reform is getting consumers to take more responsibility for their own wellness and disease prevention. In early May, a company called MyMedLab launched a ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Sentara Health is alerting some of its patients about a potential risk to their personal information. At the beginning of the year, 13News Now was told that Sentara's Health Lab hired ...

HOUSTON, TN — The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) has released an expert consensus statement for managing patients with cancer who are seen in the cardiac ...

Antiphospholipid syndrome is an autoimmune disease that preferentially affects women. Patients with APS are typically given different medications to reduce their risk of blood clotting and help ...

Hospitalized patients with various underlying illnesses are routinely given parenterally administered unfractionated heparin (UFH) in order to prevent and/or treat thromboembolic events. In some cases ...