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World Renowned Heart Surgeon Speaks Out On What Really Causes Heart Disease

We physicians with all our training, knowledge and authority often acquire a rather large ego that tends to make it difficult to admit we are wrong. So, here it is. I freely admit to being wrong. As a heart surgeon with 25 years experience, having performed over 5,000 open-heart surgeries, today is my day to …

Dr. Lindsey Hay Joins Boone County Family Medicine

BOONE, Iowa—The new member to the medical staff at Boone County Family Medicine has now begun her practice. The Boone County Hospital wants people to welcome J. Lindsey Hay, M.D., to the Boon…

10 of the Best (and 5 of the Worst) Hospitals

Going to a great hospital can make all the difference when you need care. This list makes it easy to see how your local hospital stacks up.

8 Things ER Doctors Refuse to Have in Their Homes

By Lisa Lombardi<br>Emergency room physicians see all kinds of grisly stuff, which made us wonder: What products do they consider so hazardous t...

Why your family medical history matters

Sara McGregor never worried about getting breast cancer. Neither did her two older sisters. After all, their mother and maternal grandmother never had the disease. So when McGregor's eldest sister was diagnosed at age 32, the news came as a shattering shock to all three siblings

Is It Indigestion or A Heart Attack?

The holiday season can sometimes lead to unhealthy behaviors. We indulge at holiday buffets, enjoy an extra cocktail, skip our regular exercise and stress about everything that needs to be done. Perhaps that’s why there’s an increase in heart-related deaths during the holiday season. After analyzing 25 years of data and 53-million U.S. death certificates, researchers discovered the correlation, with heart-breaking numbers peaking on Christmas, the…

How hospitals could be rebuilt, better than before

Coronary Heart Disease Affects Fewer Minority Groups When They Have Access To Uniform Health Care

A 10-year study suggests blacks, Latinos, and Asians with access to health care have a lower risk of developing coronary heart disease than whites.

Disease-specific health plan appears to help keep diabetes care under control, UCLA study finds

New research evaluates effectiveness of a health plan designed for people with diabetes and pre-diabetes.

Disease Care or Health Care?

Chiropractors provide health care. They concern themselves with interference to the system of the body that controls all functions—the nerve system. Vertebral subluxations cause interference to t…

What Is Cost in Health Care?

Although cost is a common topic in health care, it is not commonly understood. As one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, similarly, in health care, one man’s cost is …

Stranger Things are happening in health care

Though the obstacles they face resemble the sky-darkening antagonists of Stranger Things, I’m optimistic about their chances to succeed.

The World Health Organization knows ‘burnout’ is a problem—but is it a disease?

You may have already heard about burn-out being included as a medical condition for the first time, which isn’t actually true at all, but there are other, real changes that ICD-11 makes that you might want to know about. Here are just a few.

Who Is Responsible For Your Health Care?

Your health care is more than following a doctor’s orders! It takes the collaboration of you and your entire health care team to make sure you receive the best care possible. What Patients Can Do: As a patient, it’s important to be as informed as possible about your own health. Patients can help assist the …

Consumer Health Tips: Dandruff Care

Dandruff: Say goodbye to flakes Belly fat in men: Why weight loss matters Video: Smoking — Anatomy of nicotine addiction [...]

Health care expert explains why reflux disease isn’t ‘just heartburn’

Heartburn is a key symptom of reflux disease, but the disease is much more than that

Are you a part of "The Upsell" in health care?

For our patients, The Upsell could put at risk their very lives.

Highest-paid jobs in health care

Think all health-care professionals wear white coats and are paid the same? Think again: Stacker mined data from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics to figure out which are the highest-paid jobs in health care.<br>This article was first published on theStacker.com

5 Prescriptions for Fixing Health Care

The Wall Street Journal's Health Experts weigh in on how health care needs to change to keep costs down, speed up the development of new medications, improve access to individual medical records and hospital performance, and improve patient outcomes.

Modern men know taking care of their health is macho

For generations, men have been raised to “walk it off” or “rub some dirt on it” and ignore the pain.