A new deal between Coca-Cola and the American Academy of Family Physicians has many people upset. Included in those that are upset over the Coke deal are some of the family doctors that are members of AAFP.

For years people have been wearing copper bracelets to help with their arthritis pain. A billion dollar industry has developed from it. With a recent study finding that copper bracelets are virtually useless against arthritis; the copper bracelets may just become fashion accessories.

If you are curious as to what your risks are of dying next year or from a certain disease, well there is now a website for you. Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh has developed a website that will give you information on your death risk rankings based on the information you select to do the comparison on. Called the death calculator, the program behind the website gives you the odds of you dying within a certain period or what the death risk percentage is of you dying of a certain cause.

Are patients ready for electronic communication? Given studies show approximately 80 percent of patients already use the Internet to pay bills, communicate via email, and complete a host of other online services, it is logical to conclude the time has come for physicians to implement web-based operations. ePatientHistory.com is an easy-to-use, cost-effective solution for secure digital entry of patient health records by the patient, prior to an office visit.

In 2007, before the current economic downturn, an American family filed for bankruptcy in the aftermath of illness every 90 seconds; three-quarters of them were insured. Over 60% of all bankruptcies in the United States in 2007 were driven by medical incidents.

Well known copy editor and freelance writer Carla Sosenko tells Marie Claire Magazine that she was born with a rare Klippel Trenaunay Syndrome.

If you want to save on the cost of prescription drugs, save safely.

The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) today released its position on the importance of privacy and security in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Most of doctors lack knowledge and skills on communicating with patients. They are ready to answer questions concerning pain, medications, appointment schedule, but when it comes to emotional and sensitive questions like deadly diseases, physicians are not prepared to talk to patients.

FTC today warned of bogus cancer treatmets and encouraged to ask your doctor about a cancer cure that one may here advertised here and there. The move comes after FTC took action against several bogus cancer treatment companies.

Married people were always been healthier than singles, but the situation is changing with more and more singles reporting they are healthy.