(HealthDay)—The number of American workers with high-deductible health insurance plans rose by 3.2 percent in 2016—reaching 24.8 million, new research reports.
Sep 15, 2017
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Spending on entitlement programs like Medicare and Medicaid consumes some two-thirds of all federal spending, but new research from the University of Notre Dame shows that information technology investments in health care ...
Sep 13, 2017
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Four years ago, when meningitis B, an extremely rare but potentially lethal form of the infection, sickened a small number of college students at Princeton and the University of California, Santa Barbara, there was no vaccine ...
Sep 11, 2017
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Medicare spent more than $1 billion over a five-year period on a high-priced drug that has not been proven more effective for a collection of inflammatory conditions than much less expensive corticosteroids, research by the ...
Sep 11, 2017
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Americans extol price shopping for health care as a prudent idea, yet few actually do it even when given the means to, according to the findings of two separate studies led by investigators at Harvard Medical School.
Aug 7, 2017
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Forget to take your medication? Now you can get a reminder to find your pills - sent by the pill itself.
Jul 26, 2017
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Preeclampsia, a dangerous condition that may occur during pregnancy, can lead to serious complications for both mother and baby. Driven in part by older maternal age and greater obesity, rates of preeclampsia are rising rapidly, ...
Jul 11, 2017
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Short-term hospital readmissions - or readmissions within 30 days - are common, costly and a substantial contributor to health care utilization. Annual costs of readmissions among patients who receive Medicare account for ...
Jul 10, 2017
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Hospitals that spend more on initial care following patient emergencies have better outcomes than hospitals that spend less at first and rely more on additional forms of long-term care, according to a new study co-authored ...
Jul 10, 2017
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Poor sleep may be a sign that people who are otherwise healthy may be more at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease later in life than people who do not have sleep problems, according to a study published in the July 5, ...
Jul 5, 2017
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