Bogus "miracle cures and quack physicians probably have been around as long as the health care profession. Con artists prey upon the unhealthy because sick people may be so desperate to find a cure that they will try any possible treatment,...
About 44 million people are enrolled in Medicare, the federal health insurance I program for seniors. Generally, it's available to...
Medicare has announced that it will no longer pay hospitals for the extra costs of treating patients with complications due to medical...
Stroll through any drugstore, and you'll see an array of fish oil supplements. You've heard that fish oil-or...
A systematic review of studies on antidepressants concludes that the positive effects of these drugs are probably overstated in the medical literature....
Financially speaking, cholesterol-lowering statin drugs are hugely successful for pharmaceutical companies. Pfizer Pharmaceuticals had worldwide sales of $12.7 billion in 2007...
My eyebrows went up when I read recently about a North Carolina insurance program that saved $6.6 million over a three-year...
Older adults following a medication regimen are less likely to miss doses when reminded by an electronic pillbox that both beeps at...
Medication compliance means taking all your prescription drugs as directed by your doctor—at the right times...in the right dosages...every...
You're in the gynecologist's office, feeling vulnerable as can be-naked except for that flimsy gown...feet up in...
Did you tell any white lies at your last doctor visit? Maybe you were too embarrassed to mention a sexual problem or...
Telemedicine is a cost-effective way to replace more than a quarter of all visits to the pediatric emergency department, according to a...