High-deductible, lower premium health insurance plans appear poised to have an increasing role in American’s insurance options as the Trump administration, employers, and others … Continue reading “Testing a high-deductible health plan”
The harmful, hormone-disrupting chemical BPA, or bisphenol-A, has been removed from baby bottles and other plastic products—but that doesn’t mean consumers should rest easy, … Continue reading “Harmful chemicals removed from products often replaced with something as bad or worse”
The perfectly designed app from Silicon Valley or a mobile health technology developed at a “hackathon” is unlikely to prevent or slow the next … Continue reading “Tech ‘disruption’ won’t fix global health problems”
Women who take vitamins during pregnancy appear to boost their child’s cognitive abilities at age 9-12 by up to a year of schooling, according … Continue reading “Prenatal vitamins, nurturing help boost child development”
While top items on the new Trump administration’s to-do list—including repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act and curbing illegal immigration—are popular with his … Continue reading “Poll: Trump supporters’ priorities differ from general population”
Steady, personal care by primary care physicians over time can often help people more than intensive interventions such as surgery, according to Harvard T.H. … Continue reading “The benefits of incremental medicine”
America needs more black doctors, particularly black male doctors, so that black people will have more access to providers who are culturally connected to … Continue reading “A call for more black doctors”
More information is needed on the positive and negative health effects of marijuana, according to a new report released January 12, 2017 by the National Academies … Continue reading “Lack of conclusive evidence on marijuana’s health effects poses public health risk”
Doctors have mixed opinions about the Affordable Care Act—and those opinions have a lot to do with their age, whether or not they work … Continue reading “Do doctors like the Affordable Care Act?”
Do female doctors have an edge over male doctors when it comes to treating their patients? That’s the question that will be considered during a Facebook Live Q&A on Thursday, January 19, at 4:00 PM ET.