By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Oct. 31, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Malfunction of a key brain protein called tau is the likely culprit behind Alzheimer’s ...

By Robert Preidt (HealthDay News) — The number of medical malpractice payments in the United States has dropped sharply since 2002, according to a new study. ...

Terminally ill 29-year-old Brittany Maynard has released a new video as part of her joint campaign with Compassion & Choices to expand access to death with dignity ...

By Brad Thompson, Ph.D. There exists a “type” of cancer that is common yet rarely discussed—metastatic disease, or cancer that has spread from the part ...

TUESDAY, Oct. 28, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Competition between medical practices helps keep health care costs lower, a new study finds. Researchers examined the average ...

By Marilynn Marchione ASSOCIATED PRESS Who survives Ebola and why? Health workers treating patients in Sierra Leone, including some who died doing that work, have ...

By Jeff Donn and Garance Burke ASSOCIATED PRESS  The U.S. health care apparatus is so unprepared and short on resources to deal with the deadly ...

By Shefali Luthra Starting Dec. 1, people with ALS – a disease that impairs motor function so people often can’t talk or even move – ...

By Michelle Andrews KAISER HEALTH NEWS In the past year, new hepatitis C drugs that promise higher cure rates and fewer side effects have given ...

By Brad Broker Should travelers returning from Ebola-stricken countries be subjected to a mandatory quarantine? New Jersey, New York and several other states say yes. ...