The government has decided to start a discussion about the introduction of euthanasia. I am not so sure it is not a deviation of the public's attention from the government's current political woes, ...

The world’s largest funder of biomedical and public health research in will now prioritize innovative health research, leaving outdated animal experiments behind.

It is not uncommon to see the terms ‘medical ethics’ and ‘biomedical ethics/bioethics’ being used ... issues in healthcare are frequently addressed by referring to general principles and provisions in ...

Abstract: Goal: Current methods for estimating respiratory rate (RR) from the photoplethysmogram (PPG) typically fail to distinguish between periods of high- and low-quality input data, and fail to ...

Abstract: In this paper, we propose a new approach for heartbeat classification based on a combination of morphological and dynamic features. Wavelet transform and independent component analysis (ICA) ...

As the Trump administration continues to make significant cuts to NIH budgets and personnel and to freeze billions of dollars ...

Natalia Trayanova, the Murray B. Sachs Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, has been elected to the board of trustees for the Heart Rhythm Society. Founded in 1979, the ...

Rotational cutting tools, known as reamers, are used in a variety of orthopaedic surgeries ranging from intramedullary nailing of long bone fractures to total joint arthroplasty. Clinical concerns ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Last month, a Department of Government Efficiency aide ...

Health policy and systems research is highly complex and, in the absence of guidance documents, there is significant variability in ethics review. Although fundamental ethical principles pertain to ...