Even as in-hospital infections are on the decline, more people are checking into hospitals with the drug-resistant staph infection than those with either HIV or influenza, combined.
The newest data says that abandoning PSA screening for prostate cancer would be a huge step backwards, going against the increasingly anti-PSA conversation of late.
As new doctors spend their first days in the hospital, they learn what their lives are really going to be.
Families with autistic children could find the relief they need in the form of the Affordable Care Act.
Physicians won't become obsolete any time soon, but the comprehensive integration of everything we know about well-being could revolutionize medical care.
Evidence that doctors approach their own end-of-life care differently from everyone else
The proven systematic and cultural changes that could drastically increase survival after cardiac arrest are very much within reach.
With a contentious case over patenting human DNA sequences back in court, we look to the history of radio for a creative approach to domain over the building blocks of people.
As an epidemic rages in the state of Washington, we promote Whooping Cough Awareness with disconcerting images of baby cocoons.
Will people actually consume less soda just because they can't buy it in one giant cup?
The part of air travel that gives you a cold (or worse) isn't usually the plane ride -- it's these leading disease-spreading airports.
A new report criticizes the food industry for reaping much of the benefits of food aid funding. Despite that, ordinary Americans are still the biggest beneficiaries of the program.
The average female primary care physician would have been financially better off becoming a physician assistant.
Compared to those near stations in poorer areas, residents near some London Tube stops are likely to live 20 years longer.
Exempt from regulation, taxation, and the individual mandate, Christian collectives called health care sharing ministries are paying for the care of their neediest members -- if they approve of the morality of their needs.
Behind one group's plan to turn human waste into electricity
Can a cheeky viral video restore Americans' commitment to dental hygiene?
Congress plans to cut up to $16 billion from low-income food aid over the next five years. But research shows every dollar spent on assistance pays for itself and grows the economy.
A heart attack can have salutary effects. In some instances, it helps us to reexamine our lives and reorder our priorities. The same is true for medicine.