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The consumer advocacy group Public Citizen also says the multicenter study of life-threatening sepsis will at best produce confusing results. A Harvard doctor and designer of the research disagrees.

An insured Texas teacher, 44, faces a “balance bill” of almost twice his annual salary from an out-of-network hospital’s treatment of his sudden heart attack.

As more doctors’ offices give patients electronic access to their medical records, both patients and their physicians are asking: Exactly how much of your medical record should you get to see?

New York University students cheered, but critics say waiving tuition isn’t the best way to ease student debt or boost the number of primary care doctors from diverse backgrounds.

Foster parents often struggle to meet their charges’ extraordinary health needs. Some states are testing out a coordinated approach to care to keep these kids from slipping through the cracks.

An analysis by the state shows Medicaid expansion has cut in half the number of uninsured Ohioans. Most recipients said the expansion made it easier to find work and care for their families.

Author Beth Macy details opioids’ odyssey from medicine to scourge, in her book about young heroin users, their long-suffering parents, doctors, drug company executives, cops, judges and drug dealers.

While a majority of Americans know about naloxone, there is confusion about the fact that in most places a prescription isn’t required to obtain the emergency overdose treatment.

Critics worry a new contraception app, which allows women to track body temperature and menstrual cycle to avoid pregnancy, isn’t as effective as other methods. But some women welcome another option.

There’s a big survival gap between white and minority children when it comes to some childhood cancers. It turns out growing up in poverty explains a lot of the difference.