Posted: 6:30 AM A federal judge has ruled a property management company owned by the founder of Domino's Pizza doesn't have to immediately implement mandatory contraception coverage in the health care law.
Posted: 6:28 AM Texas can cut off funding to Planned Parenthood's family planning programs for poor women, a state judge ruled Monday.
Posted: 6:26 AM Deputy Health Minister Asad Ramlawi also said Monday more than 225 people have been infected by the H1N1 influenza strain, known as swine flu.
Updated: 12:42 PM Federal officials have denied a Memphis transplant center's request to continue obtaining organs from both a Nashville group and a Memphis group.
Posted: 6:29 AM These three young veterans all say music played a crucial role in alleviating the stresses of active duty. Now, all three are enrolled in a program that hopes to use music to ease their reintegration into civilian life.
Posted: 12:47 PM The director of the Pumwani Maternity Hospital, located in a hardscrabble neighborhood of downtown Nairobi, freely acknowledges what he's accused of: detaining mothers who can't pay their bills.
Posted: 5:41 AM The program, which is administered through the National League of Cities, helps residents who don't have health insurance or traditional benefit plans that cover prescription drugs.
Posted: 6:25 AM It happened after Columbine, Virginia Tech, Aurora, Colo., and now Sandy Hook: People figure there surely were signs of impending violence.
Posted: 6:23 AM Sixteen-year-old Jason Alexander weighed 326 pounds four months ago when he and 13 classmates boarded a plane for a weight-loss boarding school in South Carolina.
Posted: 6:20 AM Hospitals across the country recommended hepatitis C testing for about 7,900 patients last summer after a traveling medical worker was accused of stealing drugs and infecting patients with tainted syringes
Posted: 5:57 AM Big Pharma has been satisfying the steady desires of U.S. users and abusers, including many who take the drug in the false hope of delaying the effects of aging.
Posted: 5:35 AM State health officials hope a new law requiring doctors to check a database before prescribing certain drugs will help curb addiction and prevent deaths.
Updated: 7:04 AM Rules vary so widely that, on any given game day, a team with a strict no-steroid policy can face a team whose players have repeatedly tested positive.
Posted: 5:40 AM German pharmaceutical company Merck KgaA says a late stage trial of a new lung cancer drug has failed to meet expectations.
Posted: 6:28 AM Federal investigators say Medicare paid an average of $919 for back braces that cost suppliers $191 apiece, providing a window on how wasteful spending drives up health care costs.
Posted: 5:40 AM For people of any age, regaining a sense of security after surviving violence can take a long time. They're at risk for lingering anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder.
Posted: 5:38 AM The most comprehensive study of potential World Trade Center-related cancers raises more questions than it answers and won't end a debate over whether the attacks were really a cause.
Posted: 5:20 AM The Association of Interprofessional Healthcare Students promotes cooperation and education among students across health-related disciplines.
Posted: 5:37 AM While an official has said that the 20-year-old gunman in the Connecticut school shooting had Asperger's syndrome, experts say there is no connection between the disorder and violence.
Posted: 5:34 AM A 4-year-old Indonesian boy has died from bird flu, bringing the death toll to 160 in the country hardest-hit by the deadly virus, a health official said Tuesday.
Posted: 5:32 AM Texas put up $3 billion and promised cancer breakthroughs. But a criminal investigation, widespread rebuke from scientists and the resignations of embattled state officials came faster than medical discoveries.
Posted: 5:56 AM The lawsuits allege that NECC negligently produced a defective and dangerous product and seek millions to repay families for the death of spouses, physically painful recoveries, lost wages and mental and emotional suffering.
Posted: 5:27 AM While the latest, 10-year labor contract paved the way for HGH testing in professional football once certain parameters were set, the NFL Players Association wants a new study.
Posted: 5:46 AM Turmoil surrounding an unprecedented $3 billion cancer-fighting effort in Texas worsened Tuesday when its executive director offered his resignation.
