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The number of individuals from Indiana in the Trump administration has increased: Jerome M. Adams, MD, the former Indiana health commissioner was confirmed by the Senate as the new surgeon general. Adams replaces Vivek Murthy, MD, who was pushed out by the Trump administration in April.

A rule that would have created national standards for menu labels was halted a day before it took effect in May. Advocates for healthy eating cried foul, but a trade group for convenience stores said the rule would have harmed its members.

Provider roles in team-based care in oncology need clarity, and now, results from a new study affirm the confusion experience by patients treated for breast cancer on who should lead their care posttreatment.

More than 100 million adults don't have dental coverage, which is not an essential health benefit even though data show rising numbers of emergency department cases related to dental problems. A Michigan experiment shows a possible solution, but even the study's author said it is not a panacea.

The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review is seeking public comments on its recently released outline of proposed adaptations involving the assessment of certain treatments for ultra-rare conditions, also known as orphan drugs.

Evidence shows aiding patients' spiritual needs improves their health, but few doctors address them.

There is an association between computed tomography (CT) detectable structural changes in the lungs of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and changes in bacterial communities that influence alterations in the relationship between microbes and host cells, according to a new study published in PLOS One.

The approval follows a review of phase 2 results from CheckMate-142.

The new immunotherapy of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cells has demonstrated the ability to increase clinical remission in multiple myeloma patients by targeting the B-cell maturation protein that participates in disease progression.

A recent study described why physicians find that deprescribing a patient's ongoing medication may be easier said than done.

The reduced mortality risk was not seen in patients who did not have diabetes before surgery. But in those who did, the results were dramatic.

Enasidenib (Idhifa), developed by Celgene and Agios, has been granted FDA approval in tandem with a companion diagnostic test to detect IDH-2 mutations.

In an effort to brainstorm strategies that will boost patient engagement in medical device development, the FDA has announced it will host the first meeting of its Patient Engagement Advisory Committee this fall.

In the days since Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) turned down his thumb and became the third Republican to vote against the “skinny repealâ€

After Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) returned to Congress last week after surgery and a brain tumor diagnosis, he called on his fellow senators to put aside partisan differences and work together on healthcare reform. In the House of Representatives, a bipartisan group is trying to do just that.

After the Affordable Care Act (ACA) required private insurers to pay the standard-of-care costs for patients participating in approved clinical trials, the rate of patients cleared by their insurer to take part in early-phase oncology trials has increased, a new study has found.

The most common type of pain among older adults is back pain, yet its impact on the everyday lives of individuals is often not considered. The physical, psychological, and social influence of activity restrictive back pain need to be measured when evaluating treatment for back pain.

The standards warn that too few people with diabetes or prediabetes have access to programs that would help them.

While the study found an association between moderate drinking and a low risk of diabetes, it doesn't prove that a few drinks throughout the week reduces one's risk, according to the UK's National Health Service.

The FDA has announced a regulatory plan that could shift the trajectory on tobacco-related disease and death.

According to a recent study, implementing cost sharing requirements on mental health services produced short-term savings by reducing mental health care use, but resulted in more costly outcomes like involuntary commitment and acute mental health treatment.

In 2013, there were 33,826 emergency department (ED) visits for sunburn treatment costing a total of $11.2 million in the United States. It is important to examine the demographics and specific characteristics of patients that have received ED or urgent care clinic treatment to guide promotion for prevention, reduce utilization, and create low-cost settings.

Patients often stop statin treatment following an adverse reaction; however, new research finds an association between continued statin prescriptions after an adverse reaction and a decreased incidence of death and cardiovascular events.

The FDA has expanded the indication of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Yervoy (ipilimumab) to include the treatment of pediatric patients 12 years of age and older with unresectable or metastatic melanoma.

Recently, there have been efforts to reduce opioid use instead of increasing pain relief, and authors of a JAMA Viewpoint article argue that the movement to eliminate opioids for treating chronic pain is unnecessary.

Hospital 30-day readmission rates associated with the Affordable Care Act for heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, and pneumonia are weakly but significantly correlated with reductions in hospital 30-day mortality rates after discharge, according to a new study.