Medicare "drifting towards disaster": U.S. official

Medicare is lurching toward disaster and it is too late for the Bush Administration and Congress to do anything about it, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt said on Tuesday. He said the next administration will have to act to stop rising costs and get control of the $400 billion federal health insurance plan for the elderly, More...

10 Commandments for Dropping 10 Pounds & 10 Years

In addition to some form of simple exercise regimen, these ten daily habits worked into your routine can provide you with optimum health, beautiful skin and a trim waistline. It's not a diet; I didn’t read it anywhere. It's really just common sense that no one seems to follow. More...

Medical marijuana user who was denied liver transplant dies

A man who was denied a liver transplant because he used marijuana with medical approval to ease the symptoms of hepatitis C has died. More...

Gynecologists say the darndest things

We asked women around the country to share their tales of being the ultimate captive audience for aspiring comedians or just otherwise awkward practitioners of the vaginal arts. These are their stories. More...

Millions of Americans Are Suffering from Chronic Pain

Nursing a migraine today? New research shows you're not alone. More than a quarter of Americans suffer daily pain, a condition that costs the U.S. about $60 billion a year in lost productivity. And how often you're in pain depends largely on the size of your paycheck. More...

Even the Insured Feel the Strain of Health Costs

Many of the 158 million people covered by employer health insurance are struggling to meet medical expenses that are much higher than they used to be — often because of some combination of higher premiums, less extensive coverage, and bigger out-of-pocket deductibles and co-payments. More...

10% of U.S. Kids Using Cough Medicine Every Week

Approximately one in 10 U.S. children uses one or more cough and cold medications during a given week, according to new research from Boston University. While cough and cold medications for children are widely marketed in the United States, how frequently they are used had not been scientifically studied. More...