Consumer Driven Health Care

There are certain maxims in the benefits business.

New research shows that both consumers and physicians overwhelmingly choose and trust over-the-counter medicines.

Despite six decades of free medical care and widespread health campaigns, Britons are among the unhealthiest people in Western Europe, a new study says.

Prescription drug spending growth last year mirrored 2011's increase, but U.S. spending on traditional medicines for problems like high cholesterol fell for the first time in more than 20 years, according Express Scripts Holding Co.'s annual drug trend report.

A new study offers more compelling evidence that life expectancy for some U.S. women is actually falling, a disturbing trend that experts can't explain.

Sure, baby boomers are living longer than previous generations, but that doesnt mean they are any healthier.