Randomized clinical trials remain the gold standard for establishing a medication's effects, producing the evidence by which ...

Patients are increasingly caught in disputes as health insurers and providers fail to agree on contract terms. A Florida cancer patient was forced to change his insurance plan to keep his doctors at a ...

TULSA, Okla. — More than a dozen doctors are volunteering their time each week at a free medical clinic in Tulsa, providing care to patients who may otherwise go without it. The clinic operates every ...

Mainland China’s 17 million Alzheimer’s patients can, for the first time, pay less out of pocket for a costly drug touted as “historic” and “the beginning of the end” for the memory-robbing disease ...

Introduction: The gut microbiome is increasingly recognized as a key modulator of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) efficacy. Dietary factors, particularly fibers, may influence the microbiome and ...

Patients at outpatient clinics often spend extended time on intake and administrative steps, only to face additional delays before receiving a diagnosis. Paratus Health aims to overcome this barrier ...

Thousands of South Shore Health patients could soon lose access to the system’s hospitals or physicians due to contract disputes with two different insurers. The Weymouth-based health system has begun ...

Biomedical research that began at the University of Virginia School of Medicine has yielded a much-needed new treatment for patients with the deadliest form of blood cancer. The federal Food and Drug ...

As health insurers increasingly rely on artificial intelligence to process claims, denials have been on the rise. In 2023, about 73 million Americans on Affordable Care Act plans had their claims for ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A cancer patient is sounding the alarm about insurance company business dealings that she said put her life and thousands of others at risk. In September, 8 On Your Side was ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (KGO) -- A Redwood City family thought they were doing a nice thing when their daughter accepted an offer to participate in a study examining COVID treatments. But their gesture ...