Consumer-driven plans were introduced ... to increase when participants have the patient education resources they need to compare and shop for health care based on quality and cost.

Ray Werntz, president of the Consumer Health Education Council in Washington, thinks openness is the base of a good doctor-patient relationship. "Consumers can go online when selecting a PCP and ...

Since being made available to consumers in the early 1990s, genetically engineered foods have continued to be thoroughly reviewed by the Environmental Protection Agency, Food and Drug ...

Closing the gap between monitoring, awareness, and diagnosis at one end, and education, treatment, and prevention at the other, is the key to consumers getting control of their own health ...