Consumer Driven Health Care

If Martin Shkreli, the young hedge fund manager-turned-pharmaceutical executive who made news last month by jacking up the price of a life-saving medication by 5,000 percent, was surprised by the scorn his decision provoked, it was because his behavior was rather common.

A new study from JAMA Internal Medicine, a peer-reviewed medical journal, finds that costs have gone up as a result of hospitals acquiring doctor practices.

Medical data is legally shared with more third parties in health care than many Americans realize--and it can cause potentially deadly mistakes.

Blood-testing startup Theranos has a plan to get U.S. regulators to review its offerings one by one, Chief Executive Officer Elizabeth Holmes said.

Most Americans believe that solving a Rubik's Cube is easier than picking a health care plan. That's according to a new survey from ConnectedHealth, an online platform for finding health insurance.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.s immune cancer therapy Opdivo won approval for a broader population of patients.