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The Deadline for Medicare Enrollment Is Near: Don't Forget to Review Your Plan 11/27/2017 07:00pm • A recent survey conducted by WellCare Health Plans, a partner of the National Consumers League, revealed that the majority of seniors do not review their Medicare plan each year to ensure they're getting the best services and access to care. This is problematic, because health care is not only a si Colleges With the Highest Percentage of ESL Students 11/27/2017 07:00pm • The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Be sure to explore The Short List: DACA Students Represent the Students We Want, the Doctors We Need 11/27/2017 07:00pm • Many eloquent voices have been raised in opposition to the move by President Trump and some members of Congress to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program, justly protesting the profoundly negative, destructive impact it would have on the individuals and properly condemning Report: Doctors Remove Hundreds of Coins, Nails From Patient 11/27/2017 07:00pm • Removing items that people shouldn't have swallowed isn't necessarily atypical for a surgeon. But taking out 263 coins and 100 nails from a man's stomach "stunned" surgeons in India, according to a South West News Service report published in The Independent. U.S. News was unable to independently co 11 Ways to Save on Diabetes Supplies 11/27/2017 07:00pm • Managing diabetes is more than a health balancing act -- it also requires walking a financial tightrope. In addition to doctors' visits, medications and insulin, buying diabetes supplies can potentially drain your wallet. From blood glucose monitors and testing strips to insulin pumps and lancets - Connected to Bluetooth? Here's why you need to beware of BlueBorne 11/26/2017 08:52pm • Q: What do I need to do about the new Bluetooth issue? A recent security white paper published by Armis Labs revealed a new way that many Bluetooth-enabled devices can be compromised and exploited dubbed "BlueBorne." The potential threat exists for Android, iOS, Windows and Linux devices as well as 11 Strategies for Keeping Your Health Data Secure 11/26/2017 07:00pm • How safe is your health data? How confident are you that your health data is secure? Protecting such personal information is crucial in light of several high-profile data breaches, such as the one in which as many as 145 million U.S. residents had their information hacked from Equifax Inc., which pr A Last-Minute Guide to Shopping for Medicare 11/26/2017 07:00pm • Medicare's annual open enrollment period is about to come to a close: Dec. 7 is your final chance to change from one Medicare Advantage or prescription drug plan to another. If you're currently enrolled in Original Medicare, you can also switch to a private Medicare Advantage plan or drop existing Wizards to go without guard John Wall after sustained knee injury 11/25/2017 02:00pm • WASHINGTON -- The Washington Wizards will be without the services of point guard John Wall for the next two weeks after he underwent an MRI on Friday. Wall, the 27-year-old, four-time All Star, had been experiencing discomfort and inflammation in his left knee after making knee-to-knee contact in Why Medicare Patients Are More Likely to Have End-of-Life Talks With Their Doctors 11/21/2017 07:00pm • Planning for care at the end of a patient's life is an uncomfortable yet necessary conversation. Without it, a doctor won't know if the person wants to be resuscitated, placed in hospice or subjected to advanced treatments to prolong his or her life. It can also avoid costly treatments and family f The Thanksgiving dinner conversation that could save your life 11/21/2017 12:00pm • WASHINGTON — It's no secret that some people dread one aspect of the Thanksgiving holiday — and it has nothing to do with overeating all that delicious food. It's those uncomfortable and awkward conversations that typically occur at the dinner table surrounded by family and friends. While Movie Review: 'Three Billboards' puts our funny bone through a wood chipper 11/21/2017 01:34am • WASHINGTON — She won an Oscar as the pregnant police detective in "Fargo" (1996). Now, Frances McDormand stars in "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri," a wickedly funny dark comedy with anarchist social commentary by writer/director Martin McDonagh. Set in the fictional Ozark town How Can Caregivers Best Help Breast Cancer Patients? 11/20/2017 07:00pm • "When my wife was first diagnosed with breast cancer, I just had no clue. I really didn't know what to do," says Marc Silver, author of the 2004 book " Breast Cancer Husband: How to Help Your Wife (And Yourself) Through Diagnosis, Treatment, and Beyond." He says the bombshell arrived in the form of Explore Disaster Training as a Prospective Medical Student 11/20/2017 07:00pm • Every day it seems there is another disaster in the news. Hurricanes, floods, wildfires, earthquakes, shootings, bomb explosions and infectious outbreaks leave horrible destruction and loss in their wake and nearly always require the services of doctors and other health care professionals. As a pro Check up on surgeons' success rate 11/20/2017 01:54pm • WASHINGTON — If you’re thinking of checking up on your doctor, there's a database you can search that tracks outcomes for surgeons nationwide. The database covers concerns such as "How often do they kill people; what do their adjusted mortality rates look like; what do their complications ra