When Don Cue developed a bladder infection last fall, he called his longtime urologist’s office for a urine culture and antibiotics. It was a...
The U.S. government claimed that ditching paper medical charts for electronic records would make health care better, safer and cheaper. Ten years...
Former coal miner John Robinson’s bills for black lung treatments run $4,000 a month, but the federal fund he depends on to help cover them is...
Few seniors get their thinking and memory abilities regularly tested during check-ups, according to a new report from the Alzheimer’s Association...
I am standing balanced on one leg with my opposite knee bent in consideration of being outstretched in front of me. With my foot seemingly miles...
The notion that health care outside the U.S. could be good as well as cheap is a foreign one to many Americans.Kathleen Peddicord frequently hears...
While my fellow radio host, Peter White of the “Morning Show,” was sweating it out in the ER over the weekend, fighting off a bad case of...
About 25 million Americans who are aging in place rely on help from other people and devices such as canes, raised toilets or shower seats to...