Validity of hospital rankings

Even if you're the kind who never reads a review before heading to the car lot or the movie theater, you probably want to know how your...

Test your patient safety know-how

Americans do so like a good quiz, assuming it carries no penalty for wrong answers. Witness the popularity of the Cosmo questionnaires: "Are...

Medical breakthroughs sprang from one woman’s cells

Sixty years after Henrietta Lacks died of cervical cancer, her cells live on in laboratories around the globe. Collected by Johns Hopkins...

Less salt, fewer health issues, studies say

What will it take to get Americans — and the food industrial complex — to get serious about taking some of the salt out of our...

Medical alert jewelry gets more stylish

You can have a brilliant idea — roller skates for cats, for example — but if the public doesn't buy into it, the idea is...

ABCs of medical bracelets

Lengthy medical conditions can eat up space on a medical ID. That's why a list of abbreviations has evolved.

Cardiac rehab is underused path to recovery

The first week after her heart transplant, Eileen Ryan was a wreck. Overcome by weakness, she couldn't stand or walk. Going home from the...

Advice through texting aims to reduce preterm births

Aiming to cut down on the high number of premature births across the nation, a new program will offer words of advice for pregnant women...

More women should have choice of vaginal birth after C-section, panel says

Cesarean deliveries have risen steeply nationwide over the last 15 years. In some parts of the country, women are denied the option to try...