Large health care providers and teaching hospitals face a greater risk of having their medical records compromised by hackers, researchers say in a new study. The researchers, reviewed nearly 1,800 data breaches reported in the past seven years and found vulnerabilities increase with the size of a hospital.

Medicine, what a noble profession. As the keepers of human health and longevity, we are entrusted with a huge but solemn responsibility. It’s an ancient artwork, passed through the generations from pre-antiquity, hand in hand from physician to physician.

The most important day for the Affordable Care Act is not whichever day Republicans schedule their next vote to repeal and replace it (if they do).

"Strong evidence" supports the association between obesity and 11 cancers, which mostly comprise digestive organ tumors and hormone-related malignancies in women, according to a new analysis published online February 28.