Health Insurance, Facilities & IT

Hispanic children saw more than 4,200 food and beverage commercials in both English- and Spanish-language television in 2010, averaging about 12 a day, an analysis showed. The researchers, writing in … Read More

Health care costs in 2014 are projected to grow by 6.5%, lower than the double-digit increases after the turn of the century and down from the 2013 estimate of 7.5%. Consumer behavior is playing a maj… Read More

Owners of the Apples & Oranges grocery store in Baltimore have expanded their mission to increase access to healthy foods by offering Zumba classes in the parking lot and health screenings for diabete… Read More

The Pentagon has named Col. John M. Cho to the Army's top medical post in Europe. Cho, a cardiothoracic surgeon, is set to become the top officer for Europe Regional Medical Command and command surgeo… Read More

Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown, N.Y., has enhanced its data availability and cut by 75% the time it takes to track and manage its normal backup operations since transitioning to a single, enter… Read More

The Mayo Clinic has designed a population health tool that can be used with mobile devices and applications to improve patient health. Called Mayo Clinic Healthy Living, the platform will include feat… Read More

Oral pH stays elevated for 30 minutes after eating cheese, counteracting the effects of acid on dental enamel and protecting teeth from erosion, research from the Academy of General Dentistry found. C… Read More

Researchers at Astellas Pharma and Kyoto University have developed a method to produce nephron progenitor cells from human induced pluripotent stem cells and human embryonic stem cells using various c… Read More

Physical therapists at Daemen College Physical Therapy Wound Care Clinic in Cheektowaga, N.Y., use physical-therapy techniques to treat chronic wounds. Therapists are trained in skin science and work … Read More