Kathleen Kozak

“Take one for the team. Just let it run its course,” are not words you want to hear from your doctor.

If someone is willing to pay for it, doesn’t it make sense that they could test what they want in their blood — without a doctor’s order?

The devices can be shockingly expensive, but shouldn’t there be some low-cost, over-the-counter alternatives like with eyeglasses?

The law requires access to medical charts, but it’s time to further empower consumers by letting them read their physicians’ notes.

Physicians generally don’t get paid for assistance rendered over the phone or through email. Hawaii’s biggest insurer is about to change that.

Mistakes are going to happen, but the industry could do far more to make sure that physicians learn from the missteps of their colleagues.

Insurances companies keep changing how they pay physicians, and they don’t have patients’ best interests at heart.

Doses of the male hormone are being marketed as a cure-all for aging men, but there are often better, safer ways to get the same results.

Conservatives look to restrict both contraception and abortion. Not since Roe v. Wade have women had such an uphill battle for access to services.