Those who read online reviews before choosing a hospital, urgent care center, doctor’s office or other healthcare provider ...

The risk of developing dementia may be double what was previously thought. But there are things the U.S. can do to help fight ...

Resident doctors from several major health care institutions in the region voted to form unions in the past two weeks.

A new Health Affairs article highlights the detrimental impact of recent state and federal policies that restrict discussions ...

Calorie labels on menus have a small but meaningful impact on people's choices, according to a new systematic review.

Taking a supplement. A new meta-analysis by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania has found that taking omega-3 can ...

A long-standing criticism of U.S. science funding is that it often fails to answer questions of societal importance. Members of Congress and policy analysts have argued that funded projects instead ...

Women are increasingly taking the lead at grand rounds, however, female grand lecturers are still markedly underrepresented ...

Lots of vasectomy patients still meet this profile, but doctors are seeing an increased interest in the procedure from people ...

People in need of immediate help with mental health issues have a new option for treatment starting Tuesday with the opening ...

Many students express interest in family medicine at the start of their schooling but ultimately opt to enter more lucrative ...

Derek Griffith, PhD,  the Risa Lavizzo-Mourey Population Health and Health Equity University Professor in Penn Nursing’s Department of Family and Community Health; Professor in the Department of ...