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Compared to people in six other industrialized countries, people in the United States spend twice as much on health care, but only to have more trouble seeing doctors, more often to get erred care and to have no treatment, Reuters

An Iraqi defector made up his claim that Saddam Hussein had biological weapons, a threat cited by the Bush administration as a key reason for the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, the U.S. news program "60 Minutes" said on

A new report published this week by the World Cancer Research Fund will show how much our diet needs to change if we are to reduce the risk of cancer.

The fatal poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko with radioactive polonium-210 in London in 2006 caused limited public concern about potential health risks, according to a study published online today.

By tweaking a single gene, Case Western Reserve Univ. scientists have bred mice that outrun and outlive ordinary mice.

Former patients of disgraced surgeon Dr Jayant Patel say they are seeking information from the State and Federal governments about his possible imminent arrest.

The Chief Executive of the Launceston General Hospital says an escalation of industrial action by nurses is likely to result in the hospital being forced to send sick, newborn babies interstate.

Victoria's fire authorities are using the Melbourne Cup holiday to warn people to be careful when re-igniting their barbecues.

The following is a statement by James Wagoner on the $28 million increase in abstinence-only program funding: Today, we learned that the Democratic-controlled Labor HHS Appropriations conference committee report includes the full $28 million increase requested by President Bush for

AtriCure, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATRC ), the leader in cardiac surgical ablation systems, has been ranked 80th in North America and 1st in Ohio in Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 500. The Fast 500 is a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology,

Prolonged breastfeeding appears to promote healthy lung development in most children, but it may increase the risk of asthma in babies born to mothers with the respiratory disease, new research suggests.

Preeclampsia -- a pregnancy syndrome marked by high blood pressure -- doubles a woman's later risk of heart disease.

Doctors who treat the elderly and disabled will face a 10 percent cut in their reimbursement rates from Medicare next year under a federal rule issued Thursday. The rate cut was widely expected. It's based on a formula that takes

Children with blood lead levels lower than the U.S. standard may still suffer lower IQs or other problems, a government advisory panel said Thursday as it urged doctors to be more alert to signs of lead poisoning. The warning, in

A defiant Democratic-controlled Congress voted Thursday to provide health insurance to an additional 4 million lower-income children, ignoring President Bush's threat of a second straight veto on the issue. It passed the House last week, but supporters were shy of

The finding calls into question plans to try minocycline against other neurodegenerative diseases such as multiple sclerosis, said a report published online Nov. 1 in Lancet Neurology .

They say it may someday be possible to use these stem cells to help repair degenerating discs in order to treat neck and lower back pain.

Reporting in the November/December issue of the journal Health Affairs , the study authors noted that many seniors who enrolled in the Medicare drug benefit already had prescription drug coverage, so the new benefit reduced the average amount paid by

The risk for siblings is particularly strong among brothers, the Johns Hopkins University team found. For example, if one brother has a heart attack or chest pain from blocked arteries, the other is 20 percent more likely to also have