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 ...

Preventive health doesn’t get nearly the hype that it deserves. It’s not flashy, it doesn’t come with dramatic hospital ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In hopes of avoiding future disease, some women at very high risk of developing breast cancer elect to have both breasts surgically removed, a procedure called bilateral prophylactic mastectomy or ...