A physician at Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital successfully performed the first ovarian transplant procedure in New England, for a patient whose ovary was removed and preserved 18 years earlier.
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Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Health is set to open its first adult sickle cell clinic Oct. 9 in the city.
ChatGPT is more likely to overprescribe medications and imaging and is less effective than a resident in emergency department care, a University of California San Francisco study found.
Three crew members died after a medical helicopter crashed in Kentucky, ABC affiliate WLKY reported Oct. 7.
Approximately 80% of emergency departments were found to be underprepared for treating pediatric patients, according to a study published Oct. 7 in Health Affairs.
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Reno, Nev.-based Renown Health has opened the Renown Transplant Institute, Northern Nevada's first kidney transplant program.
The National Action Alliance for Patient and Workforce Safety officially launched in September 2024, representing a major step in the federal government's renewed commitment to improving patient safety and workforce well-being industrywide.
Among 9,147 hospitalized patients who received general medical care, an estimated 653 experienced a harmful diagnostic error, according to research published in BMJ.
Providence said it is taking action after the California attorney general filed a lawsuit against one of its hospitals that allegedly denied a woman an emergency abortion.
Motor vehicle accidents were the leading cause of death for children, while accidental poisoning, cancer and heart attack were the leading causes of death for adults, according to a report from USAFacts, a nonprofit organization that conducts data analysis.