By Alan Lyndon Medical schools like them for the traditional drama of the graduation ceremony. Patients like them for a level of confidence they display ...

By Alan Lyndon Now it’s official — having access to a gun significantly increases the risk of homicide and suicide. Guns are more prevalent in ...

By Roni Caryn Rabin Hospital charges for labor and delivery vary so widely from one California medical center to another that some facilities charge women ...

By Jay Goss There’s a popular Norman Rockwell painting in many physician offices today of a kindly MD with a stethoscope on the heart of ...

By L. Michael Hone Clinical diagnosis of melanoma and other skin cancers is still performed primarily by sight. Since even the most sophisticated eye is ...

By Alan Rheault Amidst all the debate happening in healthcare, one thing that is widely agreed upon is that significant shifts are adding increased complexity ...

By Phil Galewitz Starting next September, women at increased risk for breast cancer will be able to get some drugs shown to help prevent the disease ...

By Jenny Gold Kaiser Health News What will a gallon of milk set you back? How about a new car? You probably have a rough ...

By Dr. Keith Kantor Be accountable to yourself first.  It is common for people to blame everything and everyone else when it comes to explaining ...

By Jordan Rau Kaiser Health News Improvements in the government’s insurance Web portal have not translated into stronger public support for the health law, a ...