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Support for the ACA has grown, but more Republicans want to fix it than before, which may explain why Congress and President Donald Trump keep looking for a deal.

Research presented this week at the 99th annual meeting of the Endocrine Society suggested that people with type 2 diabetes who worked overnight shifts tend to have poorer control over their blood sugar levels than those who worked during the day or were unemployed.

Clinical pathways can successfully be used to drive physicians to choose a less costly regimen when the efficacy and toxicity of different treatment regimens for metastatic colorectal cancer are comparable, according to a study in the Journal of Oncology Practice.

Coverage of our peer-reviewed research in the healthcare and mainstream press.

New payment models in Medicare and beyond recognize the connection between mental health and conditions like diabetes and obesity.

Research presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons indicated that informed patients who engaged in shared decision making with their clinicians had better treatment outcomes and were more satisfied with their experience.

A study presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research predicts a shift in the number and the pattern of cancer incidence among those infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

A new study has found that high-income communities are more likely to have access to specialty mental health treatment resources, including office-based practices, than low-income areas.

The challenges with sharing data have more to do with regulations and business models than technology itself, according to the experts.

Shantanu Agrawal, MD, MPhil, comes to the quality measurement organization as Congress weighs whether to continue a relationship with HHS to develop measures used in federal health programs.

Over the last 4 decades, the incidence of thyroid cancer has risen by an average 3.6% per year, according to a recent analysis of cancer registry data. Researchers believe this reflects a true increase in the cancer’s occurrence that cannot be explained by overdiagnosis.

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has released a statement raising serious concerns about right to try, while strongly supporting the FDA’s expanded access program.

Patients with chorea associated with Huntington’s disease have the first new treatment in nearly a decade. The FDA has approved Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd’s Austedo (deutetrabenazine) for the treatment of chorea, which affects nearly 90% of patients with Huntington's.

Several polls released this week show that Americans’ opinions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are steadily becoming more positive, as approval of the law has topped 50% for the first time amidst unsuccessful efforts to repeal and replace it.

The patient voice is becoming more important as healthcare moves to a value-based, patient-centered system of care, but just amplifying the patient voice is not enough. There needs to not only be amplification, but also a constructive response from the health system, said Thomas Lee, MD, chief medical officer at Press Ganey, during his presentation at the National Quality Forum Annual Conference.

The rise of cost-sharing leaves consumers wondering what they will owe when they see a doctor. Most want to understand what their obligation will be.

Low spenders, defined as the bottom 50% of the population when ranked by healthcare expenditures, are responsible for just 2.8% of US healthcare spending.

While Medicaid covers women as they give birth, it ends 60 days afterward, and many women have no coverage alternative. Forty percent of births take place in states that did not expand Medicaid.

A poll conducted by PatientsLikeMe shows that cancer patients have the same concerns as the general population about healthcare costs, but see benefits in the law that the healthy may have overlooked.

Following news of a global recall of batches of EpiPen, Mylan NV has also been hit with a class action lawsuit claiming the company struck a deal with pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) over the price of the life-saving medication.

The new study shows that looking at a person's body mass index over an extended period gives a fuller picture of the relationship between excess weight and mortality.

Adjustments to drug reimbursement policies, including the lists of preferred medications used in Medicaid programs, could help states reduce their number of methadone-related deaths.

The physicians' group outlined the healthcare costs associated with untreated addiction, and noted that evidence shows treatment works when patients have access.

According to new research, a program that used standardized criteria to trigger palliative care consultations for patients with advanced cancer was associated with lower use of chemotherapy, fewer readmissions, and increased utilization of home-based support services after discharge.

The 5-year survival estimate from a study evaluating nivolumab in a subset of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is significantly longer following treatment discontinuation.

More studies are recognizing the role of sleep in overall health, along with diet and exercise.