The three top healthcare systems in New York City where recently given a lowly “C” rating for patient safety. The grades were issued by the Leapfrog Group, which has the longest track record rating hospitals. It was formed in 1998 by business leaders seeking to control their costs by identifying best hospitals.

Stents, the bread and butter of cardiology, are put into place to keep an otherwise clogged artery open. But a new study from The Lancet questions whether those tiny wire mesh tubes are as useful as previously thought.

If your TV doesn't work, it's annoying. If your AC goes on the fritz during a heat wave, that's annoying and possibly dangerous. But when a fire extinguisher fails, that's a disaster. There are 40 million potential disasters in North America right now.

With pot, when it comes to cancer marketing finally a line has been drawn. FDA officials have issued warning letters to four companies, since these frauds are selling marijuana-based products with claims that they can prevent, diagnose, treat, or even cure cancer. Obviously, that's illegal – and a huge step beyond the shady claims that previously existed.

We have never seen anything like this. Climate scientist Mark Jacobson has sued the National Academy of Sciences for publishing an article that disagrees with him. For his hurt feelings, he wants $10 million.

According to the 2017 Premature Birth Report Cards, provided by the March of Dimes, not only did Mississippi rank the worst in preterm birth rates but the state even saw an increase from last year.

For the best in hospitality services stick to The Four Seasons, not hospitals.

The United Kingdom's National Health Service will not perform elective surgery on two groups of health sinners, smokers and the obese. At least in some parts of the country.

In 2015, the American Council on Science and Health joined every reputable science body in being critical of yet another International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) monograph. In recent years they had become prone to selectively choosing studies to include in their analyses, almost as if they predetermined a conclusion and then found studies to match it.

The EPA insists that poor air quality in America is a terrible killer and must be regulated regardless of the economic burden imposed. But with no evidence to justify such a claim, this is nothing more than a Noble Lie.
Steve Milloy, a biostatistician and lawyer, conducted a study to examine if small particulate matter in air pollution was linked to acute deaths. Using publicly available death certificates, he found no such correlation. Furthermore, using hospital discharge data, he found no link between ozone levels and asthma attacks in the Sacramento area.