Our nation is facing a health care crisis. Single-payer health care is the only reform that will provide universal coverage and contain skyrocketing costs.

An estimated 125,000 women die each year of severe bleeding after childbirth. But a new device--first developed to treat wounded American soldiers in the Vietnam War--promises to lower those deaths, concentrated in low-income countries.

The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday released to the public comprehensive reports and data on water enforcement in all 50 states. According to the EPA "this is part of Administrator Lisa P. Jackson's larger effort by to enhance transparency..

Yesterday xxdr zombiexx posted a diary on the quality of life which pegged Costa Rica as the number 1 country in the world in terms of happiness and being "green", America came in at 114.

Scientists from Texas are batty over a new discovery which could lead to the single most important medical breakthrough in human history--significantly longer lifespans.

Wal-Mart is the latest in a line of traditionally Republican-leaning businesses to embrace key portions of President Barack Obama's bid to overhaul health care, a trend that could complicate opponents' efforts to build a united front when Congress ramps u

He conceded that it was a mistake to rule out a fully government-run health system, or a "single-payer plan," not because he supports it but because doing so alienated a large, vocal constituency.

A personalized therapy targets the molecular mechanism behind a specific kind of tumor.- The treatment cuts down considerably on side effects of chemotherapy

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian scientists have developed a "trojan horse" therapy to combat cancer, using a bacterially-derived nano cell to penetrate and disarm the cancer cell before a second nano cell kills it with chemotherapy drugs.

As Congress debates at least 10 health care proposals, prominent women's advocates say work and wage issues make the single-payer model the best deal for women. So far, it's mustering little support from lawmakers.