While the Massachusetts health insurance law has led to about 440,000 newly insured state residents, the demand for primary care physicians has outpaced the supply.

The St. Paul Pioneer Press as part of an ongoing series about long-term care in Minnesota examined the controversy over the use of antipsychotics among nursing home residents with dementia.

Men who have sex with men are the most affected by HIV/AIDS in Massachusetts.

The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act requires group health plans of 51 or more employees to cover mental illnesses at the same level as physical ailments.

Some cardiologists are questioning the findings of a new study compared the effectiveness of high-resolution CT scans at detecting blockages in patient arteries with conventional angiograms.

Fewer U.S. residents use Web sites that rate health services when selecting insurance plans, hospitals or physicians, according to state and national studies.

HIV/AIDS is a particularly taboo topic among Hispanics, who according to CDC are disproportionately affected by the HIV virus.

The economic downturn could hasten insolvency of the Medicare Part A trust fund by one year to three years.

Fibroid growth in women over age 35 declines with age for white women, but not for black women, which might explain why black women typically have more symptoms than white women.

Blacks born in the U.S. are nearly three times more likely than blacks born outside of the U.S. to have asthma.

Members of India's community of hijras -- pre- and post-operative transsexuals and cross-dressers -- who work as commercial sex workers are helping to promote awareness about safer sex and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV.

Revised hours and workloads for medical residents are needed to prevent fatigue-related mistakes, but altering hours alone will not guarantee patient safety.

When visiting the Transitions Optical home page, consumers can select the Spanish language option and access a wealth of healthy sight information and useful digital applications to learn about proper eyecare and eyewear.

Women with early-stage breast cancer who have undergone breast augmentation may be treated successfully with a partial-breast radiation treatment called brachytherapy.

Abnormalities in auditory and language processing may be evaluated in children with autism spectrum disorder by using magnetoencephalography (MEG).

Older adults who exercise regularly show increased cerebral blood flow and a greater number of small blood vessels in the brain.

Combining an ultrasound-guided technique with steroid injection is 95 percent effective at relieving the common and painful foot problem called plantar fasciitis.

Faint magnetic signals from brain activity in children with autism show that those children process sound and language differently from non-autistic children.

Adolescent gymnasts are developing a wide variety of arm, wrist and hand injuries that are beyond the scope of previously described gymnastic-related trauma.

Prior generations often shared wonderful memories of active and healthy grandparents -- typically because seniors didn't live far past their prime years.

Breast Specific Gamma Imaging (BSGI) goes beyond mammography, MRI and ultrasound, and is emerging as a cost-effective adjunct imaging modality for breast cancer diagnostics.

Patient share for GlaxoSmithKline's Advair is declining in all lines of therapy for newly diagnosed asthma patients.

Actavis Group has received approval from FDA to market Bupropion Hydrochloride extended-release tablets (XL) 150mg. Distribution of the product has commenced.