According to a new study published in JAMA, people report much greater satisfaction with end-of-life care for a relative if it took place at home or in a hospice facility, rather than in an intensive care unit.
Low-income, minority teens are more likely to get the HPV vaccination than more well-off white teens, a new study shows. The reason why is not as clear.
Two U.S. senators are calling on Congress to appropriate $600 million in emergency funds to combat heroin addiction, which has skyrocketed in recent years.
Hillary Clinton suggests that Bernie Sanders's calls for a single-payer system could undermine the expansions of health care that Democrats have achieved through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
An increasing number of primary care physicians are offering direct services to patients in exchange for a flat monthly or annual fee--concierge medicine.
A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that PPACA has led to an increase in the percentage of births covered by private insurers.