Health systems and physician practices can do a better job providing preventive services to patients to help maintain their health and save lives, according to a new study. Only 8% of U.S. adults ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is quietly undermining an influential task force that has for years played a key role ...

National Self-Check Month is an annual observance that reminds people to monitor their health through regular visual and ...

Under the Affordable Care Act, most health insurance plans must cover preventive services like annual physicals and screenings at no cost to the consumer, as long as you receive care from an ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is reportedly planning to fire all 16 members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). HHS has yet to ...

A federal appeals court on Friday preserved the Affordable Care Act’s popular mandate that private insurance cover preventive services at no cost to patients. However, the U.S. Court of Appeals for ...

Dr. Troy Mensen is a family medicine doctor based in the Chicago area. He completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Northern Iowa and his doctorate at Des Moines University College of ...

The BigpAK-2 randomized prospective multicenter trial tested implementation of a bundle of measures to prevent acute kidney injury in high-risk patients undergoing major surgery. Trial results support ...

It likely could have been avoided with a regular check-up. The 35-year-old man was in the hospital after suffering a sudden heart attack. He had shown no signs or symptoms other than occasional ...

Many startup leaders live in sprints. That pace can hide early warning signs until they turn into costly downtime. Concierge ...

A preventive medicine physician is a doctor who has experience in public health as well as clinical care. This allows them to provide insight and expertise in the prevention of injury, disease, and ...

Preventive chemotherapy, or adjuvant chemotherapy, is administered after your primary cancer treatment. It’s used to destroy remaining cancer cells in your body that might be undetectable. Preventive ...