Non-Emergency Medical Transportation helps Medicaid patients keep their medical appointments. As some states expand Medicaid, they want to drop the service. A whitepaper by the industrial leaders tries to make a case for the benefit of the service using MathMagic. It doesn't, but should. 

The game, Clue Master Detective, requires eight potential weapons. The CDC finds two are the most popular.

Due to the endlessly creative ways we inadvertently harm ourselves, health officials felt compelled to step in to reduce unintentional injury.

The Mercatus Center's report on the financial impact of Sen. Bernie Sanders' "Medicare for All" proposal reveals the details. The media insists on feeding us biased headlines and soundbites. That just an informational meal of empty calories. Let's do better here.

When ideology not medical reasoning guides infant feeding policy, nobody wins.

Covering some 40,000 square miles with an average elevation of 13,000 feet, the Atacama is located mostly in Chile. But its outer regions stretch into nearby Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. What's more, it's home to the driest spot on Earth.

The main reason the 82-year-old actor decided to publicly disclose that he has Parkinson's disease is that Alda is a self-proclaimed science communicator. And he's sharing what he's learning about dealing with this condition, so others can learn how to live with it more effectively and not be "immobilized by fear."

This plant-based chemical is found in a number of growths, especially spearmint and caraway, and it's commonly used to flavor foods. In addition, there's an interesting chemical factoid here: Carvone actually comes in two almost-identical forms, which have different scents and flavors. Welcome to stereo-chemistry. 

The Bay State passed a bill that raises the legal age from 18 to purchase tobacco products and cigarettes. When the law takes effect on Dec. 31, Massachusetts will become the sixth state in the U.S. to raise the age restriction to 21, and the first to prohibit the sale of tobacco products from pharmacies that offer health services.

So-called "snowbirds" – humans migrating from North to South as winter approaches – seem to use health care resources in the same way, irrespective of where they may be.