Here’s the fourth in a series examining the outlook for five sectors. S&P analysts’ fundamental outlook for health care is positive

Indian business Neurosynaptic Communications brings health care to the country’s poorer citizens with a portable diagnostic kit

Improving the user experience could inspire people to tap into the system more regularly to help stave off more serious illness

As doctors and hospitals turn to GE, Citigroup, and smaller rivals to finance patient care, the sick pay much more

Parents today will spend more than $300,000, on average, to raise a kid from birth to age 21. Here are tips for making ends meet

Vermont’s on top and Mississippi’s on the bottom of the United Health Foundation rankings. What factors were considered?

Semiconductor makers such as STMicroelectronics are finding medical uses for the tiny chips they develop—from cancer and flu detection to insulin delivery

Standard & Poor’s suggests you consider these five risks to your retirement income, including outliving your assets and higher health-care costs

A new survey shows the percentage of Americans who want wholesale system reform is higher than in six other industrialized countries

Needle-free insulin was supposed to be the next big thing in drugs. Turns out patients aren’t interested—it’ll cost Pfizer $2.8 billion