James Day, Getty Images We aren't getting any younger, and we certainly aren't getting any skinnier. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ... Read More »
He may not be able to control the country's healthcare plan, but Whole Foods Market CEO, John Mackey, can surely try within his own company. In a ... Read More »
Medication is supposed to make you feel better, but even the safest medication is not risk-free. Doctors usually weigh the benefit of the medication ... Read More »
Nearly four in 10 Americans cite health care costs as one of their biggest financial woes. As more and more employers cut medical insurance coverages ... Read More »
As it turns out, it isn't worth a pound of cure, according to the Washington Post. I was more than a little disheartened to read the cover story in ... Read More »
In our community, we have a volunteer clinic run by local doctors to serve the uninsured. They do not take Medicare or Medicaid patients, nor will ... Read More »
When it became common knowledge that Blue Cross had been sending letters to doctors, asking them alert the insurance company when a patient had a ... Read More »
Wal-Mart Stores, the world's largest retailer, indicated today that just over 50 percent of its employees in the U.S. were now subscribing to (and ... Read More »
Medical spending information released from the federal government this week indicated that a record $2.1 trillion was spent in 2006 for health care in ... Read More »
Kathy Stangl, a woman who was supposed to die last April according to her doctors, is still alive and well -- and she wants to know what the next ... Read More »















