Health Care

January is a big time for drugmakers to hike prices. This year saw higher prices for 575 medications so far, including Ozempic, drugs for HIV, cancer and many others.

About 40% of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by healthy lifestyle choices and preventive medicine. Here's a tool to gauge your brain care and track your progress.

Dr. Larry Kaiser, former head of Temple Health Services, will lead the historic medical society and museum through a turbulent transition.

The weekend bankruptcy filing could clear the major roadblocks preventing the long-awaited sale of Delaware County’s Crozer Health.

Group therapy participants work together on issues like anxiety, trauma and depression through fantasy Dungeons & Dragons characters.

Crozer Health, the hospital system in Delaware County, is expected to continue operating as Prospect looks to sell the asset and restructure.

Resident doctors at major Philadelphia-area hospitals voted whether to form unions.

Many people start the year with a resolution to get fit. Whether it’s weightlifting, cycling, or getting outside for some fresh air, we’ll help you get up and going.

According to the latest report from the U.S. Census, 92% of Americans have health insurance.

The state’s Independent External Review program launched in January 2024 and took 517 appeals in its inaugural year.

The annual winter respiratory virus season is in full force. The number of people catching the flu is skyrocketing.

US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy wants cancer warnings on alcohol labels. Could updated labels, taxes, fewer liquor stores or advertising bans make Americans drink less?

Supporters say the bill has numerous safeguards like requiring the patient to self-administer the medication.

At issue was how much the manufacturer could carve out to third parties before paying the university its stake of the profits in the form of royalties.

Ageism — discrimination and prejudice based on someone's age — is so ingrained in society that most of us don't notice it.