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Black men were likely underdiagnosed with lung problems because of bias in software, study suggests

NEW YORK (AP) — Racial bias built into a common medical test for lung function is likely leading to fewer Black patients getting care for breathing problems, a study published …

Nuance’s mysterious pricing, speedier digital health evidence reviews, and new breakthrough devices

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Omada tackles obesity drugs, Boston Scientific nixes deal, and Microsoft health exec on GPT

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Opinion: PAs need a new name, but ‘physician associate’ won’t cut it. Here’s a better idea

I’m standing over an operating table, excising a skin cancer from the forehead of an elderly gentleman while soft piano music echoes off the floor tiles. I’ve performed this procedure …

Opinion: The agony of finding decent health care for my young-adult daughter with Down syndrome

Several years ago, a local artist asked if she could paint my younger daughter, then a tween, as part of a series of life-size portraits of people she knew. Monica …

Opinion: The DEA needs to officially allow telehealth prescribing for opioid use disorder

The statistics are dismal, though they bear repeating: 81% of overdose deaths in the U.S. in 2021 involved an opioid. But as an addiction medicine specialist, there are figures that …