March 23, 2016
By David Charles, MD and Mary Ann Chapman, PhD When patients experience health problems, they trust their physicians to recommend…
March 23, 2016
Many pregnant women embrace eating habits that protect and benefit their unborn babies. But their choices can become complicated when claims from unscientific sources clash with regulatory agencies’ clear, established nutrition guidance.
March 17, 2016
Following a lengthy and controversial process, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidelines Tuesday on prescribing opioids for pain.
March 15, 2016
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ newly proposed rule may reinvent how medications are paid for under Part B, which covers infused or injected medications administered in a clinic or hospital setting.
March 10, 2016
The Food and Drug Administration is on a mission: Make 2016 the year of diversity in clinical trials.
March 8, 2016
Research recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine confirms the mosquito-borne Zika virus’ danger for pregnant women.
March 3, 2016
Treatment options for U.S. veterans battling hepatitis C just got better.
March 1, 2016
The first anniversary of the White House’s Precision Medicine Initiative gave participants time to reflect on the year’s progress – and contemplate the challenges ahead.
February 26, 2016
A recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is bringing new attention to postpartum depression and its treatment.
February 23, 2016
Broad and bipartisan concern about the nation’s opioid abuse epidemic has led the National Governors Association (NGA) to contemplate guidelines of its own.
