President Obama and his top health officials are engaging in a major public relations effort to divert attention away from whether its swine flu vaccine is effective and safe - to whether there is enough of it to go around. And the media is co-operating!

Junk food elicits addictive behavior in rats similar to the behaviors of rats addicted to heroin, a new study finds. "This is the most complete evidence to date that suggests obesity and drug addiction have common neurobiological underpinnings."

THE WORLD'S dealing with a pandemic, but those on health care's front lines -- the very people the public looks to for advice during health emergencies -- seem sharply divided on the merits of the primary weapon produced to combat swine flu, vaccinations.

The Obama administration delivered new guidance on medical marijuana to federal prosecutors Monday, signaling a broad policy shift that will mean fewer crackdowns

WASHINGTON - The federal health system available to nearly 2 million Native Americans is chronically underfunded, suffers from constant turnover of medical staff and doesn't cover some basic services addressing mental health and long-term care

As employees nationwide peruse their benefit options, experts say prepare for 'shockingly' higher costs. Starting in 2010, your employer is making sure that when it comes to paying for your health care, you're going to be sharing much more of the burden

Mexico on Thursday approved its first permits for genetically-modified test crops of corn, in a controversial move to boost the staple food in the cradle of maize production.

Rates of autism have skyrocketed 1000% since 1990, yet defenders of vaccines and the pharmaceutical industry keep scratching their heads in confusion. We present supporting quotes from some of the industry's top authors who write about the possible link.

Health care isn't fair. Women pay more and get less coverage than they need. Yet women have been left out of the debate on health care reform. It's time to make our voices heard.

A plague of positive thinking is permeating our society, from medicine to business, and is even contributing to our financial crisis. It's believing that the world is shaped by our wants and desires, by focusing on the good, the bad ceases to exist???