Mary Caffrey

A review of WalletHub's list of the least expensive states to smoke shows there's a definite relationship between the cost of lighting up and high rates of smoking among adults, based on CDC data.

Each month of delay costs Iowa $8 million in savings that the Branstad administration assumed in the state budget.

Warning labels on soda might have less consumer resistance than taxes or portion limits, the study found.

Millions of unpaid family members care for elderly parents or relatives. But as baby boomers age, the government faces a quandary because there will be fewer adults age 45 to 64 available to fill that role.

Last year, an FDA advisory panel called for an updated label for saxagliptin, but the agency is still gathering information.

New Jersey's death rates from heroin are 3 times the national average, which have already quadrupled in the past decade. Chris Christie has won praise for his approach to drug addiction while campaigning for president.

Rates of uninsured dropped faster than almost anywhere in the nation, but Kynect is part of "Obamacare," and the new Republican Governor Matt Bevin has vowed that it must go. Advocates have a lot of questions about how hard-to-target populations will be reached and whether grant funds will have to be repaid.

The kit began with a petition from an 11-year-old girl with T1D who wanted a doll that looked "just like me."

The state's new secretary of Health and Hospitals said she will need to hire 248 workers to replace those let go under former Governor Bobby Jindal if her agency is to enroll all those expected to pursue coverage under expansion.

The guidelines show the influence of lobbyists, raising questions about how they will be created in future cycles. They will next be updated in 2020.

The findings on salt intake were timed to coincide with the release of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

Last February, the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee trumpeted its recommendations to promote sustainability and curtail consumption of red and processed meat. After a year of intense lobbying, neither item made survived the final cut in the 2015 report released today.

The University of North Carolina researchers are the first to connect the size of social networks to health measures such as high blood pressure, inflammation, and waist circumference.

The trials would involve the University of Virginia School of Medicine and Harvard's Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Science

Public health officials are worried about the increased popularity of e-cigarettes because they could be a gateway to the use of combustible tobacco products.

The case involves a 25-year-old former college player who had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, even though he never made it to the NFL. He dropped out of college after playing the game 16 years and suffering 10 concussions. He has since been identified as former Missouri State player Michael Keck.

Study finds kids in an urban district picked healthy food after changes to the school lunch program, but it doesn't measure whether they ate it.

In 2014, Forbes said the Massachusetts Health Connector was the worst exchange in the nation.

Top leaders in healthcare contributed to the anniversary commentary and video series

An update on recent progress in oncology managed care.

A session at the 64th Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology evaluated the cardiotoxic outcomes of treatment in cancer survivors.

Panel Discussion led by Seema Sonnad,PhD, that saw participation from ASCO's president Peter Paul Yu, MD; Jennifer Malin, MD, PhD, from WellPoint; Chadi Nabhan, MD, FACP, from the University of Chicago; and I.W. Tischler, MD, from Cigna.