The Senate has finally begun debating the historic health care reform bill. The first amendment offered is the Women's Health Amendment --which will help make sure that key women's preventive health is covered and affordable in the Senate health care refo

You would think that after years of alarms about food safety--outbreaks of illness followed by renewed efforts at cleanup--a staple like chicken would be a lot safer to eat.

Nearly two weeks after a remarkable, 15-year-old Bronx girl was struck in the head by a stray bullet, her neurosurgeon says the whole city's prayers have been answered

First recorded use of marijuana for medical purposes was in ancient Egypt. It was used to treat inflammation of the eye and used for some ailments of the uterus. In India medical marijuana was used as far back as 800 B.C. for congestion

The recent food recalls illustrate some of the problems with our current food safety system. Many of these food safety outbreaks may have been prevented if the Food and Drug Administration had stronger food safety regulations in place. We've got a grea

POCATELLO - A nurse hired to work at the Bannock County Jail has been charged for allegedly obtaining prescription drugs illegally, announced the Bannock County Sheriff's Office Thursday afternoon

Dr Ayoade Olatunbosun-Alakija says what she went through after losing two children made her understand the pain other women undergo. She counts as an achievement educating disadvantaged women on simple ways to ensure babies survive the first 28 days after

Despite hundreds of thousands of voters like you and me who called on members of the House of Representatives to include women's health care in health care reform, the bill that passed late Saturday night includes a ban on private abortion coverage for m

Thousands of Americans of all ages have been struck down in the simple act of walking. These "accidents" overwhelmingly occur on roads that are dangerous by design, with little or no provision for people on foot, in wheelchairs, or on a bicycle.

The Abortion Care Network, a national organization of independent abortion providers and allies, decries passage of the Stupak-Pitts amendment to the Affordable Health Care for America Act. Once again the United States Congress has turned its back on wom