DALLAS––New research in teenagers links low levels of vitamin D to high blood pressure and high blood sugar, which can lead to ominous early health problems.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africa is trying a new approach to controlling drug-resistant tuberculosis — treating people at home rather than in isolation hospitals surrounded by barbed wire and baton-wielding guards, health officials said
NEW YORK — Pfizer Inc. said Thursday it ended a successful trial of its cancer drug Sutent early after data showed the drug met its goal of slowing the progression of pancreatic cancer.
WASHINGTON — A day after a magazine quoted him as saying abortion was “an individual choice,” GOP Chairman Michael Steele said Thursday he opposes abortion and that Roe v. Wade should be overturned.
Striking new research shows dying Blacks and Hispanics in the United States have much steeper treatment costs than whites, sobering evidence that racial healthcare differences continue right up until death.
In a stunning improvement in children's health, far fewer kids have high lead levels than 20 years ago, new government research reports — a testament to aggressive efforts to get lead out of paint, water and soil.
Tens of thousands of uninsured patients could qualify for up to $3.5 million in refunds on payments they made to eight Chicago and suburban hospitals under a class-action lawsuit settlement approved Wednesday.
