HEALTHCARE

Five hundred million of a total of 1.4 billion smartphone users will be using mobile health applications in 2015, a report said. Both healthcare providers and consumers are embracing smartphones as a means for improving healthcare.

Company will look to help cities become smarter through technological innovation.

Indian equity markets are trading lower by 29.17 points or 0.14 percent on Thursday with consumer durables, metal, healthcare and auto sectoral indices are in the gaining side and telecom, IT and realty sectoral indices are in the negative side.

Republicans could keep their promises to stop healthcare reform even if they cannot repeal it, simply by blocking legislation needed to pay for it, one expert argued on Wednesday.

Americans die sooner than citizens of a dozen other developed nations and the usual suspects -- obesity, traffic accidents and a high murder rate -- are not to blame, researchers reported on Thursday.

A report from the institute calls for an overhaul in the responsibility and training of nurses and says doing so is key to improving the fragmented and expensive U.S. healthcare system -- President Barack Obama's signature political initiative.

Johnson & Johnson's massive recall of popular medicines, including a stealthy recall of some Motrin packages, has eroded the company's reputation and put pressure on chief executive Bill Weldon who appears before a congressional committee on Thursday.

U.S. health regulators knew that Johnson & Johnson's McNeil unit was using a contractor to buy back potentially faulty batches of Motrin, although there was no formal agreement with the government, lawyers for the company told lawmakers.

President Barack Obama launched a new attempt to convince Americans of the advantages of his healthcare overhaul on Wednesday, just six weeks before an election in which the plan has proved more of a liability than a benefit for his fellow Democrats.

Many Americans this week are finally getting to try on for size the Affordable Care Act. September 23 marks, just for starters, the end of lifetime payment caps as well as the expansion of parents' benefits to childrenunder 26. Insurers can also no longer cancel coverage if a policyholder falls sick.

U.S. doctors increasingly are ditching pen and paper and sending prescriptions to pharmacies electronically, lured by up to $27 billion in government funds aimed at speeding the switch to electronic medical records.

According to a recent research published in journal of Health Affairs the US healthcare spending is growing at an average rate of 6.3 percent. By 2014 the spending will go up by 9.2 percent. It is projected to reach nearly $4.6 trillion by 2019.

Health literacy level among US adults is pathetic. Almost half of American adults don't understand health information such as dosage and timing of prescription medicine, according to researchers. The researchers have also suggested healthcare professionals should use plain language, not professional jargon and ensure a patient understands directions.

Reforms will slightly accelerate the rise in healthcare spending, according to a survey released on Thursday, handing Republicans more ammunition as they attack the Obama administration's legislative victory.

African Americans are known to have a higher rate of heart disease and stroke than whites, and a new study suggests that those excess risks emerge at a relatively young age.

The Obama administration will spend $5 billion to reimburse 80 percent of the companies' health insurance costs provided to early retirees who leave the US workforce between the ages of 55 to 64.

Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty directed state agencies on Tuesday to decline all discretionary participation in federal healthcare reform, throwing up roadblocks to President Barack Obama's goal of providing health insurance to all Americans.

Jon Weiner's hospitals are a far cry from what you might be used to. There are no lengthy admissions forms to fill in. And the service you get might remind you of a five-star hotel. The cost? No more than any other hospital. The catch? They are all overseas.

Doctors are ordering too many unnecessary imaging tests, raising the cost of healthcare and exposing patients to excess amounts of radiation, imaging experts said on Tuesday.

Julia Wood, a 51-year-old mother of 12 from Chicago's East side, has some health insurance through a state program -- but is so worried she may lose it she asks not to give her real name.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard unveiled Monday in Brisbane Labor's $392 million health system modernisation plan that will see patients consulting doctors online.