Though she was given only months to live, Melanie Shouse has beaten the odds on her breast cancer and continues to survive. Her reward from Wellpoint health insurance? Refusal to pay for the medicine she needs, Next week, the CEO of WellPoint

Giovanna "Gio", a ten year old Raleigh girl, was diagnosed with a rare malignant tumor called Rhabdomyosarcoma in early April. Her parents embarked on the journey to save her life. As the girl has no medical insurance coverage GIO Foundation...

The next wave of swine flu has arrived, and Mexicans are bracing for an outbreak that may be even larger than the one here last spring that became a pandemic.

As world leaders meet at the United Nations in New York to discuss increased funding for healthcare in developing countries, Amnesty International's Secretary General Irene Khan has launched a campaign to reduce maternal deaths in Sierra Leone.

Edith Garrett's hearing, which was nearly gone in 2006, is now near-perfect in one ear, her rare neurological ailment treated with a cancer drug. But the wonder isn't that her hearing was restored; it's how.

July 7, 2009--An Argentine official is suggesting people adopt mosquito-munching frogs--not chemicals--as a solution to an outbreak of the disease dengue fever, which is spread by the insects.

A new study by researchers at Rhode Island Hospital found a substantial link between increased death rate from certain age-related diseases and increased exposure to nitrates, nitrites and nitrosamines in processed foods and in the environment.

Hospitals and emergency rooms rarely have access to primary care records, and in turn, primary care offices usually have trouble receiving discharge summaries from inpatient admissions. This leads to fragmented care, repeated tests, and gaps...

Depression is an established risk factor for the development of coronary heart disease (CHD). Dietary factors resulting in lower levels of omega-3 fats not only increase CHD risk, but may also cause depression.

Fears are like annoying relatives. You can't avoid them forever, and ignoring them won't make them go away. Come Thanksgiving, they'll plop down right next to you and ask to borrow your fork. So you'd better figure out how to confront the little devils