In her new book, “ The Age of Diagnosis: How Our Obsession With Medical Labels Is Making Us Sicker, ” O’Sullivan contends most doctors who see a large volume of patients regularly encounter young ...

Recent federal and state efforts, as well as changes undertaken by insurance companies themselves, have attempted to improve a 50-year-old system that disproportionately burdens some of the sickest ...

Six days later, Zembruski-Ruple went to Sloan Kettering’s urgent care department to treat sores in her mouth and swelling around her eyes. The hospital diagnosed oral yeast infection and sent her home ...

The U.S. Senate Finance Committee released today its sections of the budget reconciliation bill, covering the tax and health care portions of the bill that passed the House last month. The Senate bill ...

Alcohol is the third leading preventable cause of cancerin the United States. About 20,000 alcohol-related cancer deaths occur each year. Only smoking and obesity cause more cases of preventable ...

The team first identified nine genes that could serve as a “signature” of gene activity that identifies cells lacking the Y chromosome. They then searched for this signature among data that represents ...

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)—an alliance of leading cancer centers—announces a new, interactive digital delivery format for the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN ...

Acting on a preventable cancer Researchers estimate that a quarter of women are not up to date on their cervical cancer screening, commonly known as a pap smear. For those at average risk, the U.S.

A tried and true tactic for patient alignment, what do you know, and how much will I need to tell you? Usually, this suggests less than ideal medical news. But again, the body posture, the leaning in, ...

Kennedy, who was an anti-vaccine activist before taking a role in the Trump administration, announced May 27 that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would no longer recommend COVID ...

The randomized clinical trial focused on 77 adults aged 65-and-older undergoing treatment for a metastatic solid tumor between June 2022 and July 2023 in Brazil. The care providers in the study were ...