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Open enrollment for the health law’s 2016 marketplace plans began Sunday, and federal officials caution consumers to check out premium prices because in…

“We begin this week with these provocative words: “Seventy-five. That’s how long I want to live: 75 years.” That’s how Dr. Zeke Emanuel started off an…

Quick and inexpensive genetic sequencing is offering a glimpse of the microbes inhabiting our bodies. One woman volunteered to have her microbes cataloged. Her mom, husband and dog did, too.

The U.S. has the worst rate of maternal deaths in the developed world: Sixty percent of the 700 to 900 deaths each year are preventable, including that of neonatal nurse Lauren Bloomstein.

In an effort to respond to patients’ desires for speed and convenience, health networks are thinking small. Microhospitals — which typically offer limited…

Why not check bloodwork a few times a year as some celebrities advise? Because too much testing can lead to false positives (and abnormalities that don't threaten health) and to unnecessary treatment.

To an outsider, the fancy booths at last month’s health insurance industry gathering in San Diego aren’t very compelling. A handful of companies pitching…

http://media.soundmedicine.org/segments/030313_7.mp3Host Barbara Lewis speaks with Elizabeth Murphy, DVM, about the book “Zoobiquity” and how similar pets…

We begin this week with a step back from the Ebola crisis to consider the big picture. Now that one person has died here in the United States and visitors…

http://media.soundmedicine.org/segments/100613_4.mp3According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, flu seasons are unpredictable in a number…