According to an annual report card released by the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute and Catalyst for Payment Reform, the vast majority of states aren’t meeting the groups’ minimum standards for providing consumers with easily accessible information on the prices of healthcare services.

The link between amyloid proteins and Alzheimer's disease is well established. Unfortunately, these structures are often only detectable once the disease has progressed to a relatively late stage. But researchers are developing a new diagnostic tool that may be capable detecting Alzheimer's in its earliest stages. 

It’s been said the nose knows—but new research details just how much our sniffers can tell us. Two studies presented July 26 at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference examined changes in odor identification as a precursor for cognitive decline or transition to dementia.

Schneck Medical Center is using ultraviolet (UV) light to help offer its patients the cleanest environment possible. The Clorox Healthcare Optimum-UV System helps the provider take another step toward a germ-free medical center.  

A majority of adults drug tested by Quest Diagnostics in 2015 were misusing their prescription drugs, according to a new study of patient results released by the clinical laboratory services company.

Stanson Health, a clinical decision support and analytics company, has announced that Jeremy Orr, MD, has been appointed the new chief medical officer in charge of strategic development for commercial operations, clinical content development and product development for Stanson Clinical Decision Support and Analytics.

Updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) instructs physicians to test pregnant women for Zika up to 14 days after symptoms begin. It also adds new recommendations based on the first documented female-to-male transmission of the virus.

The researchers, focusing on dogs between 88 and 132 lbs. who were diagnosed with bone cancer, showed that nanoparticles were capable of delivering drugs to specific tissues in the body.