Over two decades, medical care improvements have increased health spans in the U.S. by 1.3 years and medical spending by $234 ...

Children who enter foster care have interrupted childhoods, often with multiple transitions between new and often unknown caregivers, schools, and friends. While successfully transitioning into ...

While most of us only think of our digestive system as helping to process the foods we eat or being behind the occasional stomach ache, a healthy gut can also impact everything from stronger immunity ...

A common thread in efforts to improve the system is to become more patient-centered, as emphasized in the landmark Institute of Medicine Report, “Crossing the Quality Chasm,” nearly 25 years ago. To ...

Learn more about Catharine Grimes, President of the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation. We are in an era of unprecedented medical innovation. Scientists are making remarkable progress to diagnose and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Eva Epker covers what to know about and how to improve women's health. Apr 30, 2025, 12:30pm EDT In 1894, a statue of Dr. James ...

Thanks to the internet and technology as a whole, people are more informed and in control of their lives than ever before, able to access food, relationships, and entertainment at the touch of a ...

The new year is a time when many try to start new good habits and commit to improving health and wellness. But resolutions, lofty as they may be, can turn daunting quickly with all the advice and ...

Even though the Illinois Department of Corrections has been under a consent decree since 2019, the state continues to fail to ...

The new Health Innovation Alliance board includes Baptist Health System, Galen College of Nursing, Humana, Norton Healthcare ...

There’s no shortage of ways people try to lose weight. Some take the healthy route—gradually cutting calories, boosting activity, and hitting 10,000 steps a day. Others turn to less sustainable ...