A test developed by Abbott may help diagnose heart attacks in men and women. 

The Arizona Medical Board on Oct. 7 dismissed a criminal complaint case against Thanh Nguyen, MD, the physician who treated the long-term care patient who was raped and gave birth at Phoenix-based Hacienda Healthcare in December, reports The Arizona Republic.

Existing studies may exaggerate the effects of clinician burnout on care quality, according to new research published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Thirty-four medical residents were forced to relocate after Ohio Valley Medical Center in Wheeling, W.Va., closed its doors Sept. 4, according to The Intelligencer.

The University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis is piloting a two-year "house system" for third- and fourth-year medical students, in a program Minnesota Daily likens to the Hogwarts houses in Harry Potter.

The incidence of head and neck cancers among children, adolescents and young adults in North America has increased by 51.1 percent in the last 20 years, according to a study published in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.

Authorities have identified a former nursing assistant as a "person of interest" in the deaths of at least three patients who died after receiving unnecessary insulin injections at Clarksburg, W.Va.-based Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center, according to The Washington…

Vaccination can reduce the likelihood of severe outcomes, including death, in adults hospitalized with influenza by up to 36 percent, according to a study presented at IDWeek 2019, which took place Oct. 2-6, in Washington, D.C.

Tri-State Pain Institute in Erie, Pa., and a physician at the practice are facing seven lawsuits alleging that unsafe injection practices exposed patients to MRSA, according to The Erie Times-News.  

Three infants died and five others were sickened after contracting Pseudomonas infections at Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Medical Center, reports PennLive.