The NIH has granted $11 million in awards to researchers exploring the use of social media to advance the prevention and treatment of substance use and addiction.

A study has revealed that giving doctors immunity for potential malpractice lawsuits does not reduce the cost of “defensive medicine.”

A new study finds that while Obamacare may initially increase the number of emergency visits among previously uninsured patients, it will eventually even them out and even cause a decline.

American troops secretly discovered 5,000 warheads, shells, or aviation bombs hidden in Iraq, resulting in 17 Americans being exposed to chemical agents.

Women who suffer from the condition impaired detrusor contractility may find a viable alternative to catheters.

Emergency room visits by children, teens, and young adults in California increased following the recession.

Healthcare experts are bristling at the assertion by Dr. Thomas Frieden that a “protocol breach” caused a nurse to be infected with Ebola while caring for a dying patient

At the American Academy of Pediatricians' annual conference, two pediatricians will debate the effects of touchscreen technology on the development of young children.

Paying your doctor to do better is a gamble patients may be better off not taking.

A published op-ed argues in favor of removing the barriers to pedophiles seeking help, but the very nature of the disorder and the crimes it inspires may not allow for such a dispassionate solution to the problem.

A new study conducted by members of the Harvard School of Public Health reveals that a large majority of low-income adult Americans support the expansion of Medicaid coverage.

A new study has revealed what many have already suspected: Restaurant workers experience more sexual harassment than workers in any other industry, and it's tipping that may be to blame.