South Korean researchers have developed a technique that may enhance the safety of robotic thyroidectomy procedures by overlaying augmented reality (AR) models based on CT images onto patients during surgical intervention, according to research published in the December issue of Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research.

People with opioid use disorder (OUD) who have heart surgery suffer in-hospital mortality at a rate on par with other patients but are more likely to experience complications and require longer hospital stays, according to an analysis published in JAMA Surgery.

The University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, has launched a new center that aims to address the ethics of AI and build "machines with morals" by ensuring technologies benefit people and minimize harm.

Healthcare stocks were jolted after news of a Texas judge’s ruling that the Affordable Care Act was unconstitutional, with hospital and insurance stocks among the worst performers of a selloff on Dec. 17, Bloomberg reported.

U.K.-based startup Cambridge Heartware has announced the launch of its company and its first product, a wearable heart monitor powered by artificial intelligence, in early 2019.

A U.K. woman created messages from a fake doctor to convince people she had brain cancer in an effort to steal money designated for her supposed treatment costs, according to BBC News reporting.

A U.S. District Court judge in Texas ruled on Dec. 14 the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional, a decision that could throw the American healthcare system into turmoil.

EhmetDx, a Plymouth, Michigan-based medial device manufacturer, has received FDA approval for its 3D cone beam CT positioning software.

VALHALLA, N.Y., Dec. 17, 2018 — Retia Medical, LLC, a medical device company focused on advancing the quality and clinical use of hemodynamic monitoring, today announced that its Argos Cardiac Output (CO) Monitor has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510k clearance and is now available for sale in the United States.

Patients needing an MRI at the Nair Hospital in Mumbai, India, will have to wait until 2020, as the “overburdened radiology department” only has only one functioning MRI machine, according to a report by the Hindustan Times.