A movement against loneliness has been traveling around the globe and the latest movement has settled at UCLA Medical Center. The medical center has followed the format of other loneliness operations by having volunteers come and spend time with hospital residents.

As the baby boomer generation ages, many expect the age-specific risk of dementia to grow in the United States. But researchers have found a significant decline in dementia in recent years, with some 24 percent fewer individuals over the age of 65 suffering the symptoms in 2012 when compared to 2000.

Ultrasound appointment are a momentous occasion for many parents to be. But researchers have developed a method that may allow parents to view their fetus in three dimensions.

Physician burnout has reached problematic levels, impacting not only physicians but patients as well. Researchers from Mayo Clinic have developed a nine-step plan for healthcare facilities to easing the burdens of physicians.

Patients who went to an in-network emergency department (ED) were treated by an out-of-network physician 22 percent of the time, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in unexpected medical bills.

Allowing insurance companies to sell health plans across state lines is “perplexing” to Paul Markovich, CEO of Blue Shield of California, the state’s largest insurer.

Although it may be time consuming and frustrating, teaching older women the potential health benefits associated with the internet is important. Research from Oregon State University shows chronically ill middle-aged women are not taking advantage of the possible ways to maintain health.

A deal to create the 11th largest nonprofit hospital system in the U.S. is going forward despite courts siding with the Federal Trade Commission on temporarily blocking the merger.