Health Care

There is no denying that a sedentary lifestyle is unhealthy and can lead to life-threatening health problems.

Lung cancer has long been a particularly terrifying diagnosis. Out of every 100 people who were found to have the disease between 2005 and 2011, only 17 percent were alive five years later.

The Massachusetts Assisted Living Facility Association tried Tuesday to sway lawmakers to opposite sides of a bill that would allow nurses working at an assisted living facility to provide certain health care services.

Gov. Charlie Baker and the Democratic leaders of the House and Senate are discussing a legislative solution to avert a ballot question that would put limits on prices health care providers can charge for comparable services.

Gov. Charlie Baker will bring his perspectives on drug addiction along with a freshly signed law aimed at limiting access to powerful painkillers to an April conference looking at ways to improve health care.

A $700-million technological connection is setting the groundwork that will allow for UMass Medical's community growth.

Massachusetts nursing homes that are most dependent on Medicaid funding score the lowest in staffing hours, overall quality and consumer satisfaction, according to data released Wednesday by the senior care industry.

An agreement has been reached to put limits on first-time opioid prescriptions and use additional screening of students and emergency room patients for signs of addiction.

A new resolution has been passed in support of legislation that could push 841 Worcester gas leaks that cost consumers about $3 million a year to be fixed.

A new study has pointed to a need to change federal and state laws to enable easier sharing of substance abuse treatment information so patients can be treated in a more holistic way.