Mohana Ravindranath is a freelance health, science, and tech journalist and a 2025 Association for Health Care Journalists fellow. She was previously a Bay Area health tech correspondent for STAT.

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For stable, symptomatic patients with suspected CAD who are deemed to be at “minimal risk” using a CT-based tool, deferral of diagnostic testing is just as safe as the usual approach and is even ...

I recently read in your column that you test your patient's magnesium levels when they have been on long-term proton-pump ...

Increased patient testing and less lab staff to perform manual tasks have created a bottleneck for care Now, automation found in high-volume labs is accessible no matter a lab’s footprint or volume ...

Patient-centered education and navigation support increase consent rates for genomic testing, aiding integration into cancer care and access to genomics-based trials. The SURGE study underscores the ...