Though an estimated 26.7 million Americans age 50 and older have hearing loss, only about one in seven uses a hearing aid, according to a new study led by Johns Hopkins researchers.The finding adds clarity to less rigorous estimates by device of

The American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology, the American Cancer Society, and the American Society for Clinical Pathology have released new guidelines for the prevention and early detection of cervical cancer. The guidelines a in

A Canadian study led by researchers from Ryerson University and Dalhousie University found that nurse practitioners play a vital role in providing rapid access to health care for residents living in long-term care settings, such as nursing homes be

Fresenius Medical Care, the Waltham, Mass.-based renal therapy provider, says it recently began offering nighttime dialysis treatments for patients in its Hayden Lake clinic.The clinic is the company's first in Idaho to do so, says Clint the The

Technology is changing the world, and it is definitely changing the health care industry. Anyone who has been to the doctor's office and noticed the doctor taking notes on an iPad or has seen the shelves of colorful paper files disappearing from is

Washington State University sleep scientist Jonathan Wisor has received a $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to delve deeper into the links between sleep and brain metabolism.The four-year project will examine why the use

Enrollment at U.S. medical schools is on track to reach a targeted growth benchmark by 2016, according to an annual medical school enrollment survey conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges Center for Workforce Studies."U.S. are