WASHINGTON -- Joe Biden unveiled a robust plan to expand Obamacare by adding a public program that all Americans could choose, as the former vice president argued Monday that medical insurance can be made universally accessible without scrapping the nation's current model of delivering healthcare.

The Biden plan would provide tens of billions ...Read more

Scientists have previously warned against drinking too much soda or juice. Now they believe even one small glass can pose possible dangers, according to a new report.

Researchers from health institutions in France recently conducted a study, published in the British Medical Journal, to determine the association between cancer risk; sugary ...Read more

In a sit-down interview with CNN, 2020 Democratic presidential primary candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden touted the Obama administration's passage of the Affordable Care Act, asserting that this law evened out the playing field when it came to insurance coverage of mental and physical health.

"We made parity between mental health ...Read more

With a sharp left turn, Democrats are risking a backlash on an issue of raw emotional and political sensitivity: providing government health care to millions of people in the country illegally.

Ten of the party's nearly two dozen presidential candidates stood on a debate stage last month and, without hesitation, raised their hands pledging ...Read more

Requiring prospective bariatric surgery patients to lose weight before they can undergo the procedure may not be necessary or safe, University of Pennsylvania researchers found in a new study published recently in the journal Obesity Surgery.

The practice of having patients follow a medically supervised weight-loss program before the surgery is...Read more

A Maryland woman's social media post went viral after she shared photos of her son's bacterial skin infection, which she said appeared after he swam on the bayside of Ocean City.

Brittany Carey posted photos June 29 of raw wounds that she said began as spots on her son's body. Carey said in the post that doctors initially misdiagnosed the ...Read more

Livy Garcia, 7, loves her aunt's new book, "Tiger Livy."

"It's about me being diagnosed with JM," Livy explained recently.

Livy has juvenile dermatomyositis, a rare autoimmune disease that can be life-threatening. The disease attacked her muscles, causing them to break down. She was diagnosed at age 5.

Her aunt, Erin Garcia, an English ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- Shelley Henderson was 12 the first time she felt as if she couldn't breathe.

She was terrified, sure she was dying.

But her parents recognized the symptoms. Their other daughter had dealt with asthma attacks before.

They gave Henderson her sister's inhaler and waited. They were concerned, but knew that taking her to an ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Health care is emerging as a prime contrast between candidates in the Kentucky gubernatorial race this fall, where Republican incumbent Gov. Matt Bevin and Democratic state Attorney General Andy Beshear are locked in a heated battle.

A number of health policy issues have divided Kentuckians during Bevin's tenure, including his ...Read more

SHILOH, Ill. -- After a health insurance change forced Bernard Macon to cut ties with his black doctor, he struggled to find another African American physician online. Then, he realized two health advocates were hiding in plain sight.

At a nearby drugstore here in the suburbs outside of St. Louis, a pair of pharmacists became the unexpected ...Read more

In 2012, doctors handed Barry Roberson a grim forecast: Parkinson's disease would likely kill him in four to seven years.

So he rolled his wheelchair into the field behind his house for a conversation with God, asking for direction for his last days, explaining that he couldn't work, couldn't drive and fell down three times a day.

"He said, '...Read more

"Medicare for All" -- or single-payer health care -- is a flagship issue for Democratic presidential candidate and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. So when a conservative group launched an ad campaign claiming such a policy would drive up wait times for medical care, the 2020 candidate responded aggressively.

His point: Some people may wait a bit ...Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to weigh in on whether the federal government was wrong not to make certain payments to Land of Lincoln health insurance, which collapsed in 2016, leaving nearly 50,000 Illinois residents scrambling for coverage.

The insurer blamed its midyear downfall partly on the federal government, saying it was owed risk ...Read more

A federal regulation demands that certain health care organizations provide patients who have limited English skills a written notice of free translation services.

But the Trump administration wants to ease those regulations and also no longer require that directions be given to patients on how they can report discrimination they experience.

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