The answer is a definite maybe. For certain women over 70, the risks of overdiagnosis and treatment may outweigh the risks of cancer,...

Millions of people worldwide literally suffer from back pain. But thanks to a new type of treatment, reported in The Lancet this week,...

If so, it’s not necessarily the doctors’ fault. It’s how they were trained. According to a new study published in The Lancet Digital...

Antidepressants can work well and save lives. More than one of every eight men (12.5%) and almost twice as many women (24.3%) in their...

Not very well, according to Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, the Belgian mathematician who devised the Body Mass Index in 1832. Quetelet...

A growing medical consensus says you don’t. No matter how old you are, it’s important to keep taking some tests – blood pressure check,...

COVID-19 notwithstanding, the number one cause of death in the United States is heart disease. And one of the leading causes of heart...

It's 2:00 pm, and your phone is ringing. It’s your private caregiver calling to say they can’t be there today for the regularly scheduled...

In an effort to ensure good care, Virginia law requires senior care agencies like Senior Insights to have a Registered Nurse perform...