My brother led a good life. He didn’t smoke, rarely drank, didn’t eat too much and wasn’t hooked on sugar. It’s true that he didn’t sleep or exercise enough, primarily… ...

There is no good reason for Americans to wait 65 years each to get publicly funded health care. Jaleelah gives harsher reviews to Canada’s health-care system: Last fall, I struggled with ...

That’s the very personal reason I’ve written a book, Mistreated: Why We Think We’re Getting Good Health Care and Why We’re Usually Wrong, to be published May 2.I dedicated the book to his ...

A 30-year-old Hispanic man in Illinois who responded to the KFF survey told researchers he wears clothes to health care appointments with the logo of the university where he works.

Americans frequently assert that the United States has the best health-care system in the world. Yet according to “The World Health Report 2000,” published in June by the World Health ...

Yet under the Constitution, health care is not a right; it is a good -- like an education or a gym membership. You work hard, you decide what goods to purchase.

Advocates for health care reform (including yours truly) have frequently argued that it is possible to reduce the amount of care without reducing the quality--or, to put it more simply, that less ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Carolyn McClanahan, M.D., CFP covers health and personal finance. Medical care at the end of life is in the news this week ...

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. This old adage has never taken on greater importance than the present day as the cost of becoming and staying healthy continues to soar and as people ...

Health care workers are in demand. But should you become one? Here's why you should – or shouldn't – pursue a career in the health care industry.