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How video-based multidisciplinary consultations are benefiting children with complex posture and movement problems, preventing delays in care and...
My husband lost his health insurance two months before being diagnosed with stomach cancer. Joe had been a truck driver all his life, the...
While US politicians argue about how to make healthcare more accessible and affordable, many Americans have found their own solution – going abroad...
In the £1m ($1.66m) hole in the ground that is the decidedly well-appointed basement gym at the upscale London office of the international law firm...
How the recession could impact the future of healthcare systems around the world.
The volunteers offering free medical services to poor rural communities in the US.
The US health system leads the world in cutting edge treatment but its fragmented delivery system excludes millions.
Stefan Stern writes a weekly column on management for the Financial Time's Business Life section. He has been writing about business, finance and...
We have been warned for a long time now that America’s long-term healthcare costs are unaffordable, unsustainable and a threat to our economic...
Clive Cook has been the FT's Washington columnist since April 2007. He moved from Britain to the US in 2005 to write for the Atlantic Monthly and the...
Since the beginning of the global financial crisis, thousands of Americans have lost their jobs — and access to their health insurance.
The cacophony of the healthcare debate, already loud, is likely to become deafening as the year progresses.
Yale Professor, Jacob Hacker, reflects on the academic proposal he made a decade ago - and the political fixation it's become.
Rep. John Dingell, who's been pushing healthcare reform for over 50 years, says that Democrats will do it alone if they have to.
When you've been strong and fit your whole life, it can be easy to discount your body's first whispers of sickness as merely the side effects of...
In recent weeks, opponents of Barack Obama's healthcare reform plans have criticized Britain's National Health Service (NHS) in an effort to counter...
High infant mortality, low life expectancy, soaring healthcare costs — the symptoms are numerous and the diagnosis unmistakable: America's healthcare...
To get a sense of just how dysfunctional American healthcare is, members of Congress don't need to look further than their local emergency department...
Expectant parents, spare a thought for Mrs. Jacob Nufer, who in 1500 found herself in agonizing labor. More than a dozen midwives of the Swiss town...
It is a simple but profound fact—gender plays a significant role in our overall health. Men and women not only have unique biological processes, but...
The American Medical Association once resisted the idea of healthcare reform. Now it sees it as vital.
The American Medical Association has been won over by the US president’s healthcare reform plans
In addition to being the editor of GetInsideHealth, Kip Piper, MA, FACHE, is a leading authority on health care policy and finance. With 27 years'...
Dr Anupam Sibal, Group Medical Director of Apollo Hospitals Group, India's largest private healthcare provider, says greater cooperation is needed...
Teenagers are probably the least likely among us to eat enough fruits and vegetables or to get adequate amounts of vitamins and minerals from their...
(WASHINGTON) — Schoolchildren could be first in line for swine flu vaccine this fall — and schools are being put on notice that they might even be...
If there's one thing most patients lack, it's patience. And who can blame them? When you're burning up with fever or your child has an earache or...
What can other countries learn from South Korea's plan to implement universal healthcare?
If there’s one regulatory trend that may define 2009, it could be the creation of exchanges. The U. S. Treasury wants to start a type of exchange, or...
Amgen CEO Kevin Sharer's job is to produce blockbuster drugs. Will health-care reform make that harder?
Jonathan Mann is an anchor and correspondent for CNN International. Based in the network's Atlanta headquarters, Mann is a 20-year veteran journalist...
If there's one thing most patients lack, it's patience. And who can blame them? When you're burning up with fever or your child has an earache or...
America’s health care is the costliest in the world, yet quality is patchy and millions are uninsured. Incentives for both patients and suppliers...
Barack Obama was elected in part to fix America’s health care system. Now is the time for him to keep his word.
Treating the sickest part of America’s economy
Tough economic times won't help Russia to fund long-awaited healthcare reforms
Can using an electronic personal health record (PHR) keep you healthier? That's the question a new study will examine. The U. S. Agency for...
Technological change, ageing populations and rising expectations. These are the three furies that confront health systems across the world. They...
As Maureen describes how the severe pain in her joints makes it hard to do housework, Amanda Cooper listens sympathetically at the other end of the...
One of the primary features of President Obama's health care plan is the establishment of a National Health Insurance Exchange.
Prescription pads, clipboards and patient charts are so 20th century. In the era of CT scans, gene-splicing and stem-cell breakthroughs, handwritten...
Technology has been a culprit behind runaway health costs. It might now help tame them.
President Obama hopes that cost-effective, universal healthcare will be his legacy. But can he afford it?
Inequality and under-investment in healthcare are still problems for many countries in the south-east of Europe.
If you've ever embarked upon a exercise regime, you'll know that the benefits go much further than just physical fitness.
Denmark is taking a new approach to tackling increasingly prevalent chronic diseases.
Almost a third of companies offering health insurance benefits to their employees also provide a wellness program of some sort, however opponents...
Rising healthcare premiums have companies shifting costs, pushing "wellness, " and punishing unhealthy behaviour.
Patient empowerment is a big theme in healthcare, but what rights do citizens really have?
What should employers do about healthcare?
The Economist Intelligence Unit investigates the complex issues behind corporate health plans