The morbidity gap between life expectancy and healthy life expectancy is widest in America, where people spend about 14 years ...

Americans are more focused on mental health today than at any other point in our history. Public health campaigns urge us to ...

The case appears to be the first to argue that a chatbot’s advice harmed someone seeking guidance about a medical condition.

Behavioral health practices focus on the ways that your thoughts and emotions influence your behavior. “Behavioral health” is a term for a wide-reaching field that looks at mental health, lifestyle, ...

There was a time, at the start of the 20th century, when the field of public health was stronger and more ambitious. A mixed group of physicians, scientists, industrialists, and social activists all ...

Using the HSRProj database, AcademyHealth researchers assessed trends in research projects (January 2016 through June 2021) on trust related to health care delivery. The authors speculate that trust ...

Health insurance is a vital part of financial planning that helps pay for your healthcare. This can include doctor and hospital bills, annual doctor visits, specialist visits, prescription drugs, ...

Oral health is paramount to overall health and well-being, yet inequities in oral health continue to pose a major global public health threat. To bolster health throughout the United States, it’s ...

Two in three Americans credit the past two years with teaching them how important their health really is. That’s according to a poll of 2,000 U.S. adults aged 30 and above, where just as many said ...

Les Masterson is a deputy editor and insurance analyst at Forbes Advisor. He has been a journalist, reporter, editor and content creator for more than 25 years. He has covered insurance for a decade, ...