A new American Academy of Neurology guideline on alternative medicine approaches to multiple sclerosis says marijuana can help with some symptoms, but is less favorable to other treatments such as bee sting therapies and the Cari Loder regimen.
The Commonwealth Fund found nearly 32 million people under age 65 were underinsured in the U.S. in 2012.
More than 1,300 doctors "received both research money and speaking or consulting fees from the same drug maker in 2012," according to ProPublica.
Petitioners want to increase the $250,000 limit on medical malpractice damages for pain and suffering in California.
Don't judge the ACA by one year's numbers, the president of the Kaiser Family Foundation wrote in a blog.
A study published Monday in the American Journal of Managed Care found patient-centered medical homes to be working in Pennsylvania.
An obsession with preventing illness is driving the "overmedicalization of our lives," writes Hilda Bastian on the SciAm blogs.
Vladimir Putin took time out from annexing the Crimea to restart a Stalin-era program aimed at boosting physical fitness in Russia. We are not making this up.
Poison control centers are confirming the dangers of e-cigarette liquids -- in Pittsburgh, for example, the number of reported incidents rose 50% from 2012 to 2013, although the absolute total remained low compared with household chemicals and prescription drugs.
Big Pharma must be more transparent when it comes to sharing data from negative trials, according to Kevin Campbell, MD.
An Ebola virus outbreak in the west African nation of Guinea has public health authorities worried about further spread of the deadly infection.
Let's make fun of public health ideas circa 1875.
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