Sarah Schroeder

Forest Park Medical Center’s luxury hospitals operated a $40 million kickback scheme involving more than half a billion dollars in fraudulent claims, according to a grand jury that indicted 21 people, including several physicians.

In this week’s Q&A, we interview Michael Heffernan, the director of GuidaBot LLC R&D and Fannin Innovation Studio Principal, about the GuidaBot robotic-arm project and its healthcare implications.

In this week’s Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights Pharmageddon: A Nation Betrayed.

UroLift was found effective in treating symptoms of enlarged prostate without causing sexual side effects.

Sleepy mutants sleep too much, whilst dreamless mutants lack deep sleep.

A recent study found nearly 40 percent of Americans had at least one chronic medical condition.

Researchers say polio drugs could potentially be effective against a mysterious condition called acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) attacking children.

Low-oxygen environments similar to that found at Mt. Everest may promote heart regeneration, a UTSW study shows.

New efforts aim to reduce and track the opioid market, but the availability of illegal alternatives, insufficient treatment centers and poor prescribing habits threaten to perpetuate the crisis of opioid abuse.

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, which operates health plans in Texas, Arizona, Michigan, California and Illinois that insure about 139,000 people, plans to scale back in 2017.