Although the language of the Affordable Care Act places considerable emphasis on disease prevention - for example, mandating insurance coverage of clinical preventive services such as mammograms - funding for public health ...
Nov 12, 2015
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Investments in cancer control—prevention, detection, diagnosis, treatment, and palliative care—are increasingly needed in low- and, particularly, middle-income countries, where most of the world's cancer deaths occur, ...
Nov 11, 2015
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Physicians who spend more money and resources conducting tests and procedures for patients are less likely to be sued for malpractice, according to a new study that indicates "defensive medicine" may work.
Nov 4, 2015
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A South Korean man died of complications from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Sunday, in the first death linked to the virus in the country for more than three months.
Oct 25, 2015
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Australians are picking up some of the slack of government belt-tightening by paying more for health, with experts concerned this could reduce the equity in Australia's health system, a new report has revealed.
Sep 24, 2015
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The Affordable Care Act has eroded support for federal health care spending not just from Republicans, but also from Democrats and independents, a Johns Hopkins University study has found.
Sep 21, 2015
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A new report co-authored by researchers in the Department of Engineering urges government and designers to work together to break down the barriers to innovation in order to adapt to an ageing population.
Aug 19, 2015
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In a commentary published in the Aug. 13 issue of JAMA, Johns Hopkins experts say consolidation of hospitals into massive chains threatens healthy competition, reduces patient choice and could drive up medical expenses.
Aug 18, 2015
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Areas of the brain associated with social and moral disgust are triggered when health care funding is split unequally, researchers from the UK and Australia have found.
Aug 18, 2015
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The nation's respite from accelerating health care costs appears to be over.
Jul 28, 2015
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