Even though the overwhelming majority of physicians are honest and hard-working and make medical recommendations based only on their patients' well-being, some doctors and hospitals allow their desire to turn a profit to interfere with good medical practices. Evan S. Levine,...
A recent study on the health of Americans was a real shocker. It turns out we are far less healthy today than...
Many Americans are using complementary and alternative medicine, but how many are actually talking to their MDs about it? To help get...
The risk that an untrained bystander can do harm by giving cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, to someone who collapses in public is...
That's scarier—dying of cancer or paying for cancer treatment? It sounds like the punch line to an unfunny joke,...
Panic typically follows a cancer diagnosis. Few patients can think clearly about their choices. The usual response is to stop thinking and...
The thought of taking a trip may be daunting if you have diabetes, heart disease, lung problems, arthritis or some other chronic...
Not long ago, I asked one of my good friends, who is a retired pharmacist, what he thought of mail-order pharmacies. Are...
With all the high-tech—and expensive—medical care available in the US, you may assume that Americans are among the healthiest people...
Even though there is an abundance of health information online, you may not find answers to specific questions related to your personal...
Every hour spent watching TV each day may increase your risk of an early death from cardiovascular disease by as much as...
More people are disabled by chronic pain than by diabetes, heart disease and cancer put together. An estimated 27% of US women...