A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

Given the pending expiration of several waivers, the AHA urges Congress to act to extend this critical lifeline for treatment and work towards a permanent pathway for provision of telehealth services.

The order is the latest in a series of injunctions that deny the rights, and even the existence, of transgender people.

House lawmakers on Tuesday passed several pieces of legislation that would curb some of the Medicaid savings measures ...

For most non-exempt employees, the Fair Labor Standards Act considers time spent traveling during the working day to be compensable working time.

A qualitative study yielded important insights about how patients, caregivers and clinicians define what truly is clinically ...

House lawmakers heard two bills on Tuesday that are priority legislation for Republicans, one that would potentially redefine ...

They offer a more nuanced approach. This shift could improve clinical care, public-health policies and societal attitudes toward obesity, says Elisabeth van Rossum, an endocrinologist at the ...

Under the bill, nonprofit hospitals could not charge patients more than 200% of what they would pay under Medicare for the same service — a benchmark that Franciscan Health did not clear in a similar ...

Virtual second opinion (VSO) programs continue to roll out across the country, delivering expert recommendations to better ...