Vox’s emergency room database shows that patients can face steep bills even when they decline treatment.

By now, you may have heard about the amazing potential health benefits of fasting. While many believe it’s an unhealthy and even dangerous practice, the science says otherwise. Even intermittent fasting, which involves restricting your eating time to an 8-10 hour window rather than going without food entirely, has proven to have many health benefits. Think […]

Dementia is being missed by hospital doctors in four in ten cases, research shows. The study by University College London found medical staff are routinely treating patients without realising that they had been diagnosed with dementia. Researchers said the failure to properly record their illness meant vulnerable elderly people were being discharged from hospital with instructions to take crucial medication, without medics realising that they were likely to be suffering from memory problems.

That's according to a new survey of young people who said they use the devices.

WHO defines health technology as the application of organised knowledge and skills in the form of devices, medicines, vaccines, procedures and systems developed to solve a health problem and improve quality of lives.

A popular meme held that 643,000 personal bankruptcies occurred in the U.S. due to medical bills, but the underlying math was elusive. In April 2016, a meme was published by the Facebook page “The Other 98%” (among others) holding that 643,000 Americans declare bankruptcy over medical bills every year, while in a number of other first-world countries, bankruptcies over medical bills are non-existent (due to the implementation of national social health insurance/medical care systems in those other countries)...

A law introduced to clamp down on care services fraud in Germany is having little effect, according to media reports. Eastern European organized crime continues to plunder what has become a lucrative revenue source.

Doctors are finding one way that sugar can benefit your health: it may help heal wounds resistant to antibiotics.

When a dollar spent on health insurance can’t be spent on something else.

It's time to find out if you're a health nut or a couch potato.

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Oral health cannot properly be considered apart from the health of the rest of the body. By Austin Frakt.

In a recent three-week span, the company hiked 116 drug prices as much as 9.46 percent.

This makes me feel uneasy

A KHN data analysis finds that the door of opportunities connecting Capitol Hill, the federal government and the drug industry likely spins in Big Pharma’s favor.

The weird semi-aquatic creature's milk could lead to the creation of a new type of antibiotic.

Essential oils and the art of using pleasant-smelling liquids to cure health problems is enjoying a renaissance in popularity once again.

Antibacterial products came into our lives to make everything more hygienic, but evidence has been mounting over the past few years that suggests they might be doing more harm than good.

West Virginia teachers are engaged in an inspiring illegal strike. They’re also showing why we desperately need Medicare for All. By Meagan Day.

HP announced a new line of laptops, displays, and all-in-one desktops resistant to intense cleaning materials for people who work in hospitals and doctors’ offices. There are three products. There’s HP’s EliteOne 800 Healthcare Edition All-in-One desktop, there’s the 27-inch HP Healthcare Edition Clinical Review Display, and there’s the EliteBook 840 Healthcare Edition notebook.