SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A group of ex-gaming industry executives say they can use their design chops to solve a major health challenge: Sick patients neglecting to take their medication and costing employers and insurance providers billions of dollars. Jason Oberfest began thinking about applying game design tricks to complex medical problems in 2011, while...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Tinnitus, an annoying ringing or buzzing in the ears, was less likely to occur in women who consumed the most caffeine, in a large study of nurses. Tinnitus can happen sporadically, or in some cases may plague a person daily. The cause is unclear, and so is the reason why caffeine would lower one’s risk of developing the condition,...

The Affordable Care Act was supposed to mend what President Barack Obama called a broken health care system, but its best-known programs — online insurance and expanded Medicaid for the poor — affect a relatively small portion of Americans. A federal office you’ve probably never heard of is supposed to fix health care for everybody else. The law created the Center...

August 5, 2014 Andrew M. Kaunitz, MD reviewing Cohen SL et al. Obstet Gynecol 2014 Sep 15. Does performing it within a bag make this minimally invasive surgery safer? As cases of disseminated uterine sarcoma associated with minimally invasive hysterectomy using power morcellation continue to generate concern and the FDA finalizes guidance regarding its use,...

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