A new report from the AF-SCREEN International Collaboration suggests that screening for both high blood pressure (hypertension) and irregular heartbeat (atrial fibrillation, AF) during routine medical ...

The Thursday hearing marks he first chance Texans have to address lawmakers about a post-Roe trigger ban on all but ...

If another pandemic should come our way it will be imperative to learn from the systemic consequences of the COVID-19 ...

Two researchers from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have been elected 2024 Fellows of the American ...

The U.S. Senate confirmed President Trump’s nominees to lead the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of ...

UnitedHealth remains in fine financial shape. As of December 2024, the company owed $77 billion in debt (held at the parent level), or gross debt/EBITDA of around 2 times. The parent company typically ...

By hoodwinking seniors into private Medicare Advantage plans, insurers profit by denying care and bankrupting hospitals.

With its substantial local and national market share, Elevance aims to deepen its influence on both the provider and client front. On the provider front, Elevance uses its deep local market share to ...

Third-party companies known as pharmacy benefit managers, which administer prescription drug benefits for health insurance ...

Some for-profit health systems were quick to change DEI language or delete references to those efforts altogether in their ...

Long-term adherence to the American Heart Association’s “Life’s Essential 8” lifestyle score significantly reduces the risk ...

Experts warn federal spending cuts will make the country sicker and poorer as healthcare costs rise without new treatments.