Recent work from the American Medical Association aims to enroll patients in online insurance marketplaces, while opposing the Independent Payment Advisory Board.

Neurologists push brain development research to another level after creating and successfully growing a human brain in a laboratory.

A new study compiled by researchers at London’s Imperial College, indicates a strong correlation between a woman’s weight, her level of physical…

In a world where every opinion has at least a handful of contrary views, there is now a remarkable degree of consensus with regard to smoking. That is, it is simply very bad for you. Even those few organisations and people that remain pro-smoking make their case largely on the grounds that it is a freedom of choice issue and that, in effect, you have the right to condemn yourself to the…

In April 2010, the United Nations reported that people in India had an easier time accessing a mobile phone than they did accessing proper sanitation services. That U.N. study, entitled ‘Economic Impact of Inadequate Sanitation in India,’ showed that a lack of hygienic toilet facilities and other adequate sanitation was leading to costly health problems, serious illness and even death…

The recent national concern regarding the operation of the Health Service in England is producing a range of reform and fresh starts for health care. The most significant of changes to come about will affect the current operating systems of both wards and operating theatres. Furthermore, the nursing profession, which is of course at the very heart of care is also coming under scrutiny…

At the beginning of this month, Oman reported gross insurance premium rises of more than 13 percent during the first half of 2013. According to numbers from the Capital Market Authority, gross written insurance premiums had grown to OMR202.4…

Recent events have resulted in public concern regarding the quality of care provided within the hospitals of Britain’s National Health Service. Now, the body tasked with setting standards for clinical management (the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence – NIHCE) has highlighted another failing which it estimates could be leading to some 12,000 avoidable deaths each year. By effectively…

Skin cancer is maybe the most disconcerting of all forms of cancer given that its cause is something that we have generally assumed is good for us - sunlight. More specifically, it is overexposure to the ultraviolet (UV) light in sunlight that can damage the skin and too much of it can be dangerous whether it comes in ‘natural’ form or via routes such as tanning machines.

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In the United States, insurance providers are eagerly preparing for the opening of health insurance marketplaces in less than a month. On the first of October, state exchanges will begin to sell insurance to individuals as well as employers, and although many of the recent insurance publicity campaigns target…