The Senate voted 66-32 in favor a budget amendment to nullify a proposal to place restrictions on the more than $1 billion in medical research funded annually through the defense budget.

A recent survey found that more than half of respondents (52.1 percent) admitted to postponing treatment for oneself or family member due to cost concerns.

A new HIV vaccine trial in South Africa has been found to be safe and generates comparable immune responses to those in the 2009 study that showed the vaccine can protect people from the devastating infection. 

Large retailers like Walmart and CVS are aiming to change how many individuals receive a wide spectrum of services through a “care-in-a-box” approach to healthcare. 

John Noseworthy, MD, president and CEO of Rochester, Minnesota-based Mayo Clinic, recent penned an op-ed in the Twin Cities Pioneer Press that called for regulatory advancements in the field of telemedicine.

In a modern day Greek legend, researchers from the University of California have injected human stem cells into pig embryos to produce human-pig embryos known as chimeras.

A study, published by Health Affairs, has found that when healthcare systems implement prescription drug monitoring databases, the rate of prescriptions for Schedule II opioids at an office visit for pain dropped by 30 percent. 

Healthcare providers in Albany, Georgia, have developed “The Lupus Initiative," through a partnership between the Southwest Georgia Area Health the Center and the American College of Rheumatology, to educate area primary care providers on lupus and assisting them in making more effective diagnoses, reports the Albany Herald.