Expanding programs that prep medically tailored meals for seriously ill patients could help avoid 1.6 million hospitalizations yearly.

Asthma, heart disease, lung disease, anxiety, and other mood disorders are all associated with elevated rates of medical debt, research finds.

People with acute lower back pain who started physical therapy soon after symptoms used fewer health care resources in the first month and a year later.

Many older adults go beyond conventional medicine to ease health symptoms, but few talk to their doctors about it. Here's why they should.

Many people with diabetes in the US spend at least 40% of their postsubsistence income—what is available after paying for food and housing—on insulin.

Eligibility for disability compensation is associated with substantial reductions in hospitalizations among Vietnam-era military veterans.

Black nursing home residents and those younger than 65 are significantly more likely to be transfered to the hospital at least four times in a given year.

"Sometimes parents think that the worst that could happen is that the antibiotic just won't help their child. But antibiotics are not harmless..."

The United States spends over $200 billion per year on cancer care, twice as much as the average high-income country. But, are we getting our money's worth?

An analysis of GoFundMe crowdfunding campaigns for health care costs challenges the idea that it's a meaningful safety net for people without insurance.