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• 1 in 3 Caregivers for Elderly May Be Untrained, Unscreened
• 1 in 3 U.S. Children Lack Adequate Health Insurance
• 1 in 3 U.S. Public Health Workers Feels Threatened During Pandemic
• 1 in 4 Doctors Harassed Online, Study Finds
• 1 in 5 Americans Has an STD: CDC
• 1 in 5 Avoided Health Care During Pandemic, Study Finds
• 1 in 5 U.S. Seniors Now Skip Meds Because of Cost
• 18 Million Americans Can't Pay for Needed Meds
• 3 Steps Could Nearly Eliminate COVID Infections on College Campuses: Study
• 3D Mammograms Best at Spotting Tumors, But Many Black Women Missing Out
• 4 in 10 Adults Over 50 Consult Online Reviews When Picking a Doctor
• 4 in 10 U.S. Adults Who Need Mental Health Care Can't Get It: Survey
• 6 Tips on Getting Back to Your Regular Doctor's Checkup
• 8/8 -- Inflation Has Many Americans Cutting Back on Health Care, Poll Finds
• 9 in 10 Americans Want Their Health Info Kept Private
• About 100,000 U.S. Nurses Left Workforce During Pandemic
• Across America, Black People Have Worse Health Outcomes
• Add Kids to COVID Vaccine Trials, Pediatricians' Group Says
• 'Aerosol Boxes' Meant to Protect COVID Health Teams Might Harm Them: Study
• After Editor-in-Chief's Resignation, JAMA Journals Outline Steps to Address Racism
• After Heart Attack, Home Care Can Prevent a Return to Hospital
• AHA News: Pandemic Puts Health Care Workers' Mental Health on the Line
• All Health Care, Long-Term Care Workers in California Must Get COVID Shots
• Almost 1 in 3 U.S. Seniors Now Sees at Least 5 Doctors Per Year
• Almost 13 Million Americans Per Year Skip Meds Due to Cost
• Almost All U.S. Physicians Have Gotten a COVID Vaccine
• Almost Half of Americans Worry About Surprise Medical Bills: Poll
• Almost Two-Thirds of U.S. Doctors, Nurses Feel Burnt Out at Work: Poll
• Alzheimer's Disease
• Alzheimer's Report: Many Seniors With Memory Issues Aren't Telling Their Doctors
• America Facing Shortage of Infectious Disease Doctors
• Americans' COVID Medical Bills Are Set to Rise
• Americans Getting More Comfortable Talking Over Mental Health With Doctors
• Americans Have High Trust in Health Care Providers: Poll
• Americans Still Avoiding ERs in Pandemic, But Uptick Seen in Mental Health Crises
• America's ER Docs Alarmed by Rising Violence From Patients
• Are Breast Self-Exams Necessary? The Answer May Surprise You
• Are ERs Safe? Patients, Nurses and Doctors Say No in New Survey
• Are Pricey Air Ambulance Rides Really Saving More Lives?
• As Testing Costs Rise, Neurology Patients May Skip Screening
• As Young Doctors' Work Hours Rise, So Do Odds for Depression
• Average COVID Hospital Bill for U.S. Seniors Nearly $22,000
• Bedside Manner Even More Important for Hospital Patients Admitted Via the ER
• Better Work Conditions Bringing Better Mental Health to Resident Doctors: Study
• Bias More Likely in Medical Journals That Accept Reprint Fees: Study
• Biden Administration Buys More Monoclonal Antibody Treatments to Ward Off Shortage
• Biden Administration May Stop Buying COVID Vaccines, Treatments by Fall
• Biden Administration to Invest $100 Million to Ease Health Worker Shortage
• Biden Plan Will Spend $1.5 Billion to Boost Health Worker Supply
• Biden Pledges to Lower Prescription Drug Prices for Americans
• Biden to Expand Access to Health Care for Immigrants Brought Illegally to U.S. as Children
• Biden to Sign Bill That Helps Veterans Exposed to Toxic Burn Pits
• Big Changes Are Coming to U.S. Health Care as Pandemic Emergencies Expire
• Black Americans, Mexican Americans Develop Diabetes Earlier in Life
• Black Cancer Survivors Often Face Added Challenges: Study
• Blood Pressure Often Differs Widely Between Two Arms: Study
• Breast Cancer Takes Big Financial Toll on Some Young Patients
• Burnout Levels High Among U.S. Health Care Workers
• California's Plan to Make Low-Priced Insulin Could Be Example for Nation
• Can a Drug Help Prevent Diabetic Vision Loss?
• Can Fitbits, Apple Watch Be a Dieter's Best Friend?
• Cancer Care Costs U.S. $156 Billion Per Year; Drugs a Major Factor
• Cancer Costs U.S. Patients $21 Billion a Year
• Cancer Survivors Fared Better Financially After Obamacare
• Cancer Takes Heavy Toll on Women's Work and Finances: Study
• Cancer's Financial Toll on Couples Hurts Both Partners
• Can't Find a Way to Your Doctor's Office? It Could Shorten Your Life
• CDC Issues New Guidance on Prescribed Opioids for Pain
• Child's Hospital Stay Can Cost Plenty, Even With Insurance
• Choice of Brand-Name Drug Over Generics Costs Medicare Nearly $2 Billion Annually
• Colonoscopy Surprise Bills Should Be Thing of the Past, Experts Say
• Companion Drug Might Help Prevent Kidney Complications of Lupus
• Compared to Other Countries, Americans Pay Much More for Prescription Drugs
• Converting Hotels to Rooms for Homeless People Curbed COVID's Spread
• Cost a Barrier to Cervical Cancer Screening for Many U.S. Women
• Cost of Brand-Name Epilepsy Meds Is Soaring
• Cost of Epilepsy Meds Continues to Soar
• Costs Would Keep 1 in 7 Americans From Seeking COVID-19 Treatment
• Could Cheaper, Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids Finally Be Here?
• Could Home Test for Colon Cancer Mean a Big Medical Bill to Come?
• Could Russian Hackers Cripple U.S. Health Care Systems?
• Couples Age 55 or Older Can Soon Contribute $10,000 a Year to Health Savings Accounts
• COVID Fears Mean More Cancers Are Being Diagnosed at Later Stages
• COVID-19 Concerns Shouldn't Shut Down Police Brutality Protests: Health Experts
• COVID-19 Exacts Emotional Toll on Doctors
• Crowded Emergency Rooms Cost Lives: Study
• Crowdsourcing Raises Billions for Families Hit Hard by Medical Bills
• Cycling During Dialysis? It Might Help Patients
• Dan McKillen, Former CEO of HealthDay, Dead at 71
• Data Show Big Drop in Number of Americans in Medical Debt
• DEA Extends Telemedicine for Prescribing Controlled Meds as Pandemic Measures End
• Death Rates Are Rising Across Rural America
• Despite Pressures of Pandemic, U.S. Nursing School Enrollment Climbs
• Despite Setbacks, Reason for Hope Against COVID as 2020 Ends
• Diabetes Is Deadlier for Black Americans: Study
• Did Obamacare Expand Access to Insurance for Minorities? In Some U.S. States, Hardly at All
• Diversity Still Elusive in America's Medical Schools
• Do Women or Men Make the Best Doctors?
• Doctors Devise Safer Alternative to Opioids During, After Surgeries
• Doctors Divided Over Use of Controversial New Alzheimer's Drug
• Doctors Often Miss Signs of Type 1 Diabetes in Kids
• Does Your Surgeon's Gender Matter?
• Don't Let COVID-19 Scuttle Your Child's Health Exams
• Don't Schedule Your Operation on Your Surgeon's Birthday
• Drug Lynparza Could Help Fight Some Early-Stage Breast Cancers
• Eating Disorders Cost Billions in the U.S.
• Eli Lilly to Slash Insulin Prices, Cap Monthly Out-of-Pocket Costs at $35
• Emergency Care Vs. Urgent Care: What's the Difference?
• Emergency Transport Can Surprise Many With Big Bills
• ER Workers' Stress May Affect Patient Care: Study
• Even With PPE, Risk of COVID-19 Still High for Frontline Workers
• FDA Eases Access to Cheaper Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids
• FDA OKs Automatic Use of a Cheaper Generic  Insulin
• Fear of Losing Health Insurance Keeps 1 in 6 U.S. Workers in Their Jobs
• Feds Will Start Limiting Telehealth Prescriptions for Painkillers, ADHD Drugs
• Fewer Surprise Bills: Most U.S. Hospitals Now Transparent on Prices
• Fighting Liver Cancer Takes Big Financial Toll: Study
• Finding a Doctor Is Tough and Getting Tougher in Rural America
• For 'Near Poor' Seniors, Medicaid 'Cliff' Could Keep Health Care Out of Reach
• For Stressed-Out Black Americans, Mental Health Care Often Hard to Come By
• For the Poor, Even a Small Medical Bill Can Trigger Coverage Loss
• 'Frailty Exams' for Older Cancer Patients May Not Need Office Visit
• Giving Back: Once a Lung Transplant Recipient, Now a Surgical Nurse
• Gun Violence Wreaks Havoc on Lives of Survivors, Their Families
• Health Care After COVID: The Rise of Telemedicine
• Health Care Workers More Likely to Catch COVID at Home, Not Workplace
• Health Care Workers Were At Highest COVID Risk in Workplace
• Health Savings Accounts Used Least by People Who Need Them Most: Poll
• Heart Screening of Young Athletes Is Cost-Effective
• Here's How New Federal Legislation Might Cut Your Drug Costs
• Here's How the Inflation Reduction Act Will Lower the Cost of Health Care
• High Co-Pays, Deductibles Keep Some Women From Mammogram Follow-Up
• High Costs Lead Millions of Americans to Shop Abroad for Rx Drugs
• High Deductibles Keep Some Women From Follow-Up After Troubling Mammogram
• Hispanics Wait Half-Hour Longer in ER When Chest Pain Strikes
• Home Drug Infusions Can Be Dangerous, But Many Home Care Staff Aren't Trained
• Hospitalizing the Unvaccinated Has Cost U.S. Nearly $6 Billion
• House Committees to Investigate New Alzheimer's Drug Approval
• 'How Can I Prevent Heart Disease?' Docs Give Different Answers to Men, Women
• How Did New 'Surprise Medical Bill' Laws Affect Your State?
• How Insurance Plans Keep Black Patients From Cancer Care
• How Much Will That Hip Replacement Cost? Many Hospitals Still Aren't Saying
• How Phone Calls Could Boost Survival for Heart Failure Patients
• How Secure Is Your Health or Fitness App?
• How to Talk to Your Doctor About Arthritis Pain
• HPV Vaccination Rises in States That Don't Require Parental Consent
• Hundreds of U.S. Doctors Lost Their Lives During Pandemic
• If Protections Expire, COVID Patients Could Soon Face Big Medical Bills
• 'I'm Not the Doctor for You': Disabled Americans Face Discrimination Seeking Care
• In Rare Cases, People Can Get COVID After Vaccination
• In Study, Reminder Letters Helped Doctors Make Safer Choices Prescribing Opioids
• In U.S., Price Tag for MS Care Tops $85 Billion
• Incomplete Polyp Removal During Colonoscopy Can Bring Cancer Danger
• Insurance Often Covers Ivermectin for COVID, Even Though Drug Doesn't Work
• Insured Patients Are Getting Surprise Bills After Colonoscopies
• Is Medicare Overspending? Costco Prices Much Less for Generic Drugs
• Is Telemedicine Closing the 'Race Gap' in Primary Care?
• Is the Demise of the Doctor's White Coat Near?
• Is Your Specialist Friends With Your Primary Care Doctor? You May Get Better Care
• It's Getting Tougher to Afford Health Care, Even With Employer-Sponsored Insurance
• JAMA Journals' Editor-in-Chief Steps Down After Deputy's Racism Comments
• Just 8% of Americans Lack Health Insurance, a Record Low
• Keeping Same Nurse for All Home Health Care May Be Crucial for Dementia Patients
• Key Players in Keeping Kids Safe From Guns: Pediatricians
• Leading U.S. Ob-Gyn Groups Urge COVID Vaccines for All Pregnant Women
• Leading U.S. Pediatricians' Group Issues Guidelines to Prevent Patient Abuse
• Less Than a Third of Heavily Advertised Drugs Have 'High Therapeutic Value': Study
• Letting Doctors Know a Patient Has Overdosed Might Curb Opioid Overprescribing
• Little Progress in Boosting Numbers of Black American Doctors
• Lots of Older Americans Would Like to Take Fewer Meds, Poll Finds
• Lung Cancer Survival Continues to Improve, But Not for All
• Major Credit Agencies Will Drop Most Medical Debt From Reports
• 'Major Financial Hardship' Hits Most Patients Battling Advanced Colon Cancer
• Major Medical Groups Call for Mandatory COVID Vaccination for Health Workers
• Major Medical Groups Urge Americans to Wear Face Masks
• Maker Cuts Price of Controversial New Alzheimer's Drug in Half
• Maker of Narcan Nasal Spray Plans to Sell Overdose Antidote for Less Than $50
• Many Addicts Turned to Telemedicine During Pandemic, But Does It Beat In-Person Care?
• Many Americans Don't See Links Between Racism,  Health Outcomes: Poll
• Many Americans With Long COVID Have Trouble Accessing Care
• Many Blacks, Hispanics Believe They'll Get Worse Care If Dementia Strikes
• Many Cancer Patients Face Mounting Bills Despite Having Insurance
• Many Doctors Uninformed on Rights of Disabled Patients
• Many Health Care Workers Who Have Coronavirus Don't Have Symptoms: Study
• Many Insured Americans Are an Injury Away From Bankruptcy: Study
• Many MS Patients Struggle With Finances, Forgo Treatments
• Many Older Adults Confused About Proper Use of Antibiotics: Poll
• Many Patients Aren't Getting Best Quality Lung Cancer Surgery: Study
• Many Pre-Surgery Tests Are Useless, So Why Are Hospitals Still Using Them?
• Many Seniors on Medicare Falling Into Medical Debt
• Many U.S. Seniors Get Needless, Pricey Cervical Cancer Screenings
• Many Urban Seniors Rely on 'Broken' City Transit to Get to Medical Appointments
• Many Who Need Opioid OD Antidote the Most Can't Afford It
• Medical Bill Worries Tied to Worse Outcomes for Cancer Patients: Study
• Medical Care for COVID-19 Could Cost U.S. Hundreds of Billions: Study
• Medical Debt Can Crush Even the Insured, Study Shows
• 'Medical Gaslighting': Are You a Victim?
• Medical Paperwork: So Bad Some Folks Skip Care
• Medicare Advantage Plans Often Deny Coverage for Eligible, Necessary Care: Report
• Medicare Could Save Millions By Taking Cue from Mark Cuban's Online Pharmacy
• Medicare May Rethink Premium Hike for Pricey Alzheimer’s Drug
• Medicare Monthly Premiums to Drop for Seniors
• Medicare Mulls Coverage for Controversial Alzheimer's Drug
• Medicare Will Save U.S. Billions Negotiating Drug Prices
• Medicare's Penalties for Poor-Quality Dialysis Centers Aren't Helping: Study
• Men Think They're Healthier Than They Are, Don't Need Checkups: Survey
• Millions Who Joined Medicaid During Health Emergency Could Soon Lose Coverage
• Moderna Will Offer Free COVID Shots to Uninsured After Emergency Ends
• Months After New Rule, More Than Half of U.S. Hospitals Still Don't Disclose Prices Online
• More Older Americans Use Online 'Patient Portals' to Access Care
• More Than 1 in 3 U.S. Pediatricians Dismiss Vaccine-Refusing Families
• More Than Half of People With Asthma Aren't Seeing a Specialist
• Most Americans With Medical Debt Owe Money to Hospitals
• Most Dermatology Patients Like 'Telehealth' Visits: Survey
• Most Docs Want Telehealth for Opioid Abuse Treatment to Stick Around
• Most Editors at Leading Medical Journals Are White, Study Finds
• Most Injured Workers Resume Jobs After Recovery, But Finances Suffer
• Most Older Americans Believe Health Care Workers Should Be Vaccinated: Poll
• Most Top U.S. Surgeons Are White and That's Not Changing
• Most Workers Report for Duty With Flu-Like Symptoms, Global Survey Shows
• Moves, Evictions Often Trigger Harmful Breaks in Health Care: Study
• Moving Monoclonal Antibody Treatments for COVID From Hospital to Home
• MS Patients Turn to Marijuana, Other Alternative Treatments
• Neurologists' Group Issues Guidance to Families on Controversial Alzheimer's Drug
• New CDC Guidelines May Have Made Opioid Prescribing Safer
• New Way to Blast Kidney Stones Can Be Done in Doctor's Office
• Not So Sudden: Many Seek Medical Help 2 Weeks Before Cardiac Arrest
• Nurse Practitioners Key to Opioid Treatment in Rural U.S.: Study
• Nurses Are Dying From Suicide at Higher Rates
• Nurses Can Make the Difference for New Moms' Breastfeeding
• Nursing Home Staff Closest to Patients Are Least Likely to Get COVID Vaccines
• Ob/Gyn Tests Stay Virtual Due to Fears Around COVID, Abortion Ruling
• Obesity Costs the Average U.S. Adult Almost $1,900 per Year: Study
• One Key Question Can Help Spot Skin Cancer
• Out-of-Network Costs Raise Medical Bills for Special Needs Kids
• Out-of-Pocket Costs Delay Cancer Follow-Up Care, Even for the Insured
• Out-of-Pocket Costs for Cancer Care Keep Climbing
• Out-of-Pocket Medical Bills for COVID-19 May Average $3,800 in 2021: Study
• Over a Million Americans Are Rationing Insulin Due to High Cost
• Overuse of Antibiotics in Kids Adds Millions to U.S. Health Care Costs
• Overworked Anesthesiologists Can Put Surgical Patients at Risk
• Pain Is a Growing Threat to the Nation's Surgeons, New Research Reveals
• Pandemic Caused Rise in Telemedicine Visits for Kids, But Will the Trend Continue?
• Pandemic Fuels Interest in Careers in Infectious Disease
• Pandemic Funding Saved More Americans From Medical Debt
• Pandemic Has ER Docs Stressed Out and Weary: Survey
• Pandemic Has Stressed Out Doctors
• Pandemic Hits Primary Care Practices Hard Across the U.S.: Study
• Pandemic Means Financial Hardship for Many With Diabetes
• Pandemic Stress, Exhaustion Weigh on Health Care Workers
• Pandemic's Early Days Hit Nurses Hard: Report
• Parents' Input Key When Screening Toddlers for Autism
• Parents of Hospitalized Kids Need More Info on Costs: Study
• Patients Give High Ratings to Pre-Surgery Telemedicine Consultations
• Patients of Color Less Likely to Get Specialist Care Than White Patients
• Patients With Diabetes Need More Counseling on Low Blood Sugar
• Paxlovid Soon Won't Be Free for Americans
• Pfizer COVID Vaccine Saved 110,000 American Lives: Study
• Poll Finds More Americans Worried About Health Care Understaffing
• Poor Outcome More Likely When Patient Is Female, Surgeon Is Male: Study
• Pricey Alzheimer's Drug Drives Spike in Medicare B Premium: Officials
• Primary Care Visits Shorter, More Prone to Error for Non-White Patients: Study
• Prior COVID Infection May Shield You From Another for at Least 10 Months
• PTSD May Plague Nurses, Especially in COVID-19 Era
• Putting Hospitalized COVID Patients on Their Belly May Not Be a Good Idea After All
• Quality of Home Health Care Varies Between Urban, Rural Areas
• 'Race Gap' in U.S. Heart Health Has Changed Little in 20 Years: Report
• Radiation Rx for Prostate Cancer Can Cause Financial Pain: Study
• Relief for America's Unemployed Could Be Crucial for Health
• 'Repeat After Me' for Better Diabetes Care
• Report Says Nursing Home Industry Needs an Overhaul
• Resident Doctors' Long Work Shifts Could Bring Peril to Patients
• Rising Number of Americans Think It's OK to Harass Public Health Officials
• Rural Hospitals' ERs Just as Effective as Urban Ones: Study
• Saline IV Drip Just as Good as Pricier Options in Hospital ICUs: Study
• Sanofi Follows Lilly, Novo Nordisk in Cutting Insulin Prices
• Secondhand Smoke Is Sending Kids to the ER
• Sexism May Play Role in Who Performs Your Surgery
• Shortage of Primary Care Doctors Is Costing American Lives
• Sickle Cell Gene Therapy Can Cure, But Costs Almost $3 Million. Who Will Pay?
• Sleep Disorders Cost U.S. Health Care System Nearly $95 Billion Per Year
• Sleep Troubles Hit Health Care Workers During Pandemic
• Smoking Costs U.S. Economy Almost $900 Billion a Year
• Some Americans Can't Access Telemedicine, Study Shows
• Specialist Care for Alzheimer's Is Tough to Find for Poorer, Rural Americans
• 'Stepped' Approach to Treating Diabetic Eye Disease May Be Best
• Strain of COVID Care Has Many Health Professionals Looking for an Exit
• Stressed, Burned-Out Nurses Make More Medical Errors: Study
• Stressed, Exhausted: Frontline Workers Faced Big Mental Strain in Pandemic
• Struggles With COVID Left Many Americans With Medical Debt
• Surge of U.S. Military Medical Personnel to Ease Medical Worker Shortages
• Surgical Patients Allergic to Penicillin Have Another Safe Alternative
• Survey Finds U.S. Parents Split on COVID Vaccination for Kids Under 12
• Suspicious Mammogram? Out-of-Pocket Costs Keep Some Women From Follow-Up
• Talks With Doctors May Be Key to Vaccine Acceptance: Study
• Tech Is Keeping More Americans in Touch With Doctors
• Telehealth, Phone Visits a Lifesaver for Veterans Addicted to Opioids
• Telehealth: Tips for Helping Kids With Autism Take Part
• Telemedicine Could Really Help People Battling Advanced Cancers
• Telemedicine Gets High Marks for Follow-Ups After Surgery
• Telemedicine Is Here: Experts Offer Tips for Seniors
• Telemedicine's Popularity Has Risen During Pandemic
• The 'Great Resignation' Is Taking a Toll on U.S. Health Care
• The High Cost of Living With Sickle Cell Disease
• Think You Can Skip That Annual Physical?  Think Again
• Too Few Minorities in U.S. Health Care Workforce: Report
• Too Many Fertility Specialists Still Use a Painful, Useless Procedure: Study
• Too Many Kids With Special Needs Are Going Without Adequate Support
• Too Many Older Americans Are Taking Daily Aspirin
• Too Many U.S. Doctors Biased Against Patients With Disabilities: Study
• Too Often, Victims of Sexual Assault Face High Medical Bills
• Turning 65 Brings Big Health Care Cost Savings, Study Finds
• Two PrEP Meds Work Equally Well; One Is Much Cheaper
• U.S. Immigrants' Premiums, Taxes Exceed Health Care Expenditures: Study
• U.S. Leads in Health Care Spending, But Is Last for Health Outcomes Among Rich Nations
• U.S. Medical Schools' Faculty Still Lack Diversity: Study
• U.S. Nursing Homes Are Understaffed, But Minority Communities Have It Worst
• U.S. Psychologists See Big Spike in Demand for Mental Health Care
• U.S. Spends More on Cancer Than Any Other Country. Why Are Survival Rates Low?
• U.S. Will Spend $266 Million to Bolster Public Health Programs
• U.S. Women More Likely to Skip Meds Than Men, Study Finds
• Vision Problems? Here's a Guide to Which Specialist Is Right for You
• What Difference Do Calorie Counts on Menus Make?
• What Drives Doctors to Take Their Own Lives
• When Coal-Fired Power Plants Close, Kids With Asthma Breathe Easier
• When Deductibles Rise, More Diabetes Patients Skip Their Meds
• When Drug Companies Raise Prices, Patients' Out-of-Pocket Costs Rise
• White House Announces COVID Vaccination Plan for Young Kids
• White Men's Grip on U.S. Health Care May Be Slipping
• Who Are the New 'Patient Influencers' on Social Media?
• Who Gets a Flu Shot? Having a Doctor Is Key
• Why a COVID Diagnosis Could Cost You Way More Money in 2021
• Why Do Black Children Get Fewer Scans When They're Seen in ERs?
• Why Even the Healthy Need a Primary Care Doctor
• Will the Telemedicine Boom Outlast the Pandemic?
• Women Doctors Face Higher Levels of Harassment, Frustration: Survey
• Workers' Share of Annual Premium for Employer Health Plans Nears $6,000
• Years Leading to Menopause See Uptick in Women's Heart Risks: AHA
• Your Doctor Appointments Might Look Different Post-Pandemic
• Your Doctor's Gender, Race May Bias Your Treatment Outcome