Under the Affordable Care Act, most health insurance plans must cover preventive services like annual physicals and screenings at no cost to the consumer, as long as you receive care from an ...

Preventive chemotherapy, or adjuvant chemotherapy, is administered after your primary cancer treatment. It’s used to destroy remaining cancer cells in your body that might be undetectable. Preventive ...

Medicare enters 2026 with some of the strongest preventive benefits ever offered, giving older adults powerful tools to stay ...

Dr. Troy Mensen is a family medicine doctor based in the Chicago area. He completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Northern Iowa and his doctorate at Des Moines University College of ...

Preventive healthcare saves lives. Early detection of silent issues (high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, etc.) helps reduce ...

It likely could have been avoided with a regular check-up. The 35-year-old man was in the hospital after suffering a sudden heart attack. He had shown no signs or symptoms other than occasional ...

Medicare covers a range of preventive services under Part B. Eligible beneficiaries often have no out-of-pocket costs for these services. Preventive care refers to services designed to prevent illness ...

A preventive medicine physician is a doctor who has experience in public health as well as clinical care. This allows them to provide insight and expertise in the prevention of injury, disease, and ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is reportedly planning to fire all 16 members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). HHS has yet to ...

Bertrand G. Ramcharan is Chancellor of the University of Guyana and Professor at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. He served as Acting UN High Commissioner for ...