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Rankings & Research

U.S. News reviewed hospitals, nursing homes, health plans, diets, and doctors to help you make informed health decisions for yourself and your family.

Best Hospitals

We've evaluated nearly 5,000 hospitals in 16 adult and 10 pediatric specialties to help you choose.
  • Hospital Rankings by Specialty
  • Hospital Rankings by Metro Areas and States
  • Best Children's Hospital Rankings
  • Healthcare of Tomorrow
  • Common Care Ratings by Procedure and Condition

Doctor Finder

We have comprehensive listings of doctors and specialists throughout the country. Find the best one for you.
  • Doctors by Type of Specialist
  • Doctors by Location

Best Health Plans

Find a top-rated individual or family plan.
  • Top Health Insurance Plans by State
  • How to Find the Best Plan for You
  • Guide to Medicare, Medicare Advantage and Part D

Best Medicare Plans

Find information on Medicare, Medicare Advantage plans, Part D plans, and how to save money on your health care.
  • Learn About Medicare and Find Plans
  • Best Medicare Advantage Plans for 2015
  • Best Medicare Part D Plans for 2015

Best Nursing Homes

Browse top-rated nursing homes.
  • Find Nursing Homes
  • Search Nursing Homes by State or City

Best Diets

Find out which diets fit with your lifestyle and may work best for you.
  • Best Diets Rankings
  • Best Diets Overall

Top Recommended Health Products

Pharmacist recommendations for 168 categories, from antacids to cough suppressants.
  • See Pharmacists' Top Picks

Lesser-Known Ways to Ruin Your Joints

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Health & Wellness

How to Come Together to Care for a Loved One With Alzheimer's

Families should resolve underlying issues to help each other cope and care for a person with Alzheimer's disease.

8 Lesser-Known Ways to Ruin Your Joints

Dancers, do-it-yourselfers and weekend warriors beware.

Hair Loss and Women: How to Stop and Reverse It

Forty percent of women may have some visible hair loss in their lifetime.

Eye Health: Insights for Patients With Diabetes

Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of new-onset blindness in U.S. adults.

Doctor Burnout, Stress and Depression: Not an Easy Fix

Why are a growing number of physicians and trainees going through dark periods of turmoil?

Harnessing the Body’s Immune System to Fight Cancer

Immunotherapy allows the body’s defense system to go to work killing off foreign cancer cells.

Too Fat for Surgery

Obesity can make surgeries more dangerous for patients, complicated for surgeons and costly for hospitals. When is it worth the risk?

Men, Stress and the Microbiome

Prolonged stress triggers unfavorable shifts in bacterial composition and diversity.

New Year, Healthier You

Why You Shouldn't Resolve to Lose Weight This Year

Experts explain how the popular resolution can make you gain, not lose, the weight.

The Surprising Ingredient Your New Year’s Resolution Needs to Succeed

It’s not tough love. It’s just the opposite.   

4 Resolutions Every Runner Should Make

Run faster and feel stronger in 2016.

New Year, New You: Healthy Nutrition Hacks to Ring in 2016

Decorate your plate, trim the fat and more ways to ring in next year in optimal health.

3 Things People Who Stick to Their New Year’s Resolutions Do Differently

Adopt these research-backed approaches and you’ll become one of them. 

New Year's Resolution: Be (and Find) Good Role Models for Kids

To achieve, children need help and support in the form of good role models.

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  • 12 ‘Unhealthy’ Foods With Health Benefits

  • Don’t Let Your Doctor Kill You

  • 10 Signs You Should Break Up With Your Gym

  • What’s Behind That Medical Referral?

  • 10 Ways to Finally Make Fitness a Habit

  • How to Recover From Food Poisoning

  • Why Senior Centers Have So Much to Offer

  • Young Women With Stage 4 Breast Cancer Forge Strong Bonds

  • 5 Surprisingly 'Ultra-Processed' Foods Blocking Your Weight-Loss Goals

  • The Widespread Problem of Low Health Literacy

  • The Human Right to Heal

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