According to a CDC report, 1 in 5 children ages 3 to 17 has a mental illness, and an article in Bloomberg News reports that $247 billion are spent each year treating these patients. This figure is increasing “along with the number of kids hospitalized for mood disorders, substance abuse and other...

An article in Bloomberg News poses the question “Should patients undergoing broad DNA testing for a specific ailment be told of unexpected findings that signal risk of cancer or other serious diseases, even if they don’t request the information?” A team of ethicists explained that...

As an estimated 25 million people will soon gain health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, “Nurse practitioners argue they can fill some of those needs if they are granted greater scope of practice.” However, an article in Kaiser Health News reports that a recent study found doctors and nurse...