The ability to see doctors and other providers via telehealth improved low-income Medicaid participants’ access to care in Michigan.

Remote patient monitoring - which equips high-risk patients with a kit of digital health devices that they can use to monitor vital signs and symptoms from home - was associated with a reduction in hospitalization and a sizable return on investment

Scientists estimate that reducing harmful chemical emissions could cut cancer risks from smoke exposure by over 50%.

A new study published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, the flagship journal from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, suggests that Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act has significantly improved access to timely treatment and high-volume hospitals for patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). These findings underscore the critical role of healthcare policy in delivering quality oncologic care.

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a nonprofit that advocates for nonanimal science, is applauding the new commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Marty Makary, MD, MPH, on the agency’s plan to phase out animal use in favor of human-relevant methods, such as computational methods, organ chips, and organoids, to test monoclonal antibody therapies and other drugs.

The 2025 Bray Obesity Symposium welcomes all health physicians and researchers interested in the latest in metabolic health to register for the on-demand online offerings. The online-only content is available to access upon registration, and the symposium has been designated by the American Board of Obesity Medicine, or ABOM, as a Group One Primary Medicine Continuing Medical Education partner.