Contemplating a trip to an exotic land such as China usually conjures up the scary possibility of contracting strange and exotic diseases, too, but the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the …

All ground beef sold in Kroger stores throughout Michigan and in Colombus and Toledo, Ohio, between May 21 and June 8 has been recalled by the grocer because of an outbreak of E. coli traced …

Every doctor in the United States who works with Medicare patients is facing a 10% pay cut starting on July 1.  On Tuesday, however, an overwhelming number of the members of the US House of …

Grammy Award-winning songstress, Amy Winehouse, 24, has just been diagnosed with emphysema, an irreversible lung condition that threatens to cripple and kill her if she doesn’t immediately quit smoking cigarettes and crack cocaine, according to …

The disturbing “pregnancy pact” that apparently led to a rash of teen pregnancies at a Massachusetts high school has stunned people throughout the country and left school officials wondering if contraceptives should be made available …

Thomas Lutz was once a high-level executive at Health Visions Corp., a healthcare company based in the Philippines and doing business with the Pentagon.  Now he is facing five years in prison for swindling $100 …

If you spent 14% of your income, or $14 of every $100 you earn, trying to get your hands on that very same income, wouldn’t you want to find a way to reduce the cost …

Earlier today, Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, expressed concerns about the staggering amount of money the US government is spending on health care and how current projections for growth in healthcare spending threaten …

Getting medical or dental care without coverage by an insurance provider can be pretty tricky these days.  Long waits in overcrowded, uncomfortable waiting rooms are expected.  Sometimes the wait can last days.  Those are days …

At a coroner’s inquest in Wales, a narrative verdict has been handed down in the death of Manon Jones, an 18-year-old City of Bristol College student often described as A-level and bubbly, who died in …