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University College Hospital in London created an algorithm using records from 22,000 appointments for MRI scans, allowing it to identify 90% of those patients who would turn out to be no-shows

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Algorithm helps medical offices to schedule reminders and fill vacant appointment slots with patients who urgently need to be seen

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In this vast border region, tuberculosis control is a high-stakes game of chase. Some patients infected with the disease frequently cross into Mexico for work or to visit family, slipping off the radar of public health workers who must verify they are taking their medicines

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Anthony Ryan Hatch writes, “Moments after Neo eats the red pill in “The Matrix,” he touches a liquefied mirror that takes over his skin, penetrating the innards of his body with computer code. When I first learned about the controversial new digital drug Abilify MyCite, I thought of this famous scene and wondered what kinds of people were being remade through this new biotechnology”

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Researchers are working on a new way to deliver anti-HIV drugs. A six-pointed device folds up to fit inside a capsule. One swallowed, the capsule dissolves and the device opens up and slowly dispenses the medication

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For the first time, the Food and Drug Administration has approved a digital pill — a medication embedded with a sensor that can tell doctors whether, and when, patients take their medicine

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Few people seem comfortable with the idea of paying patients to do what we want them to do. That’s unfortunate, because there’s a significant amount of research that says this works.

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Sickle cell disease patients are less likely to follow physician recommendations when they perceive discrimination, study finds. Authors include our Carlton Haywood Jr, and Mary Catherine Beach

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