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Call Now To Get A Medicare Enrollment Extension

Federal officials are extending today’s deadline some people picking a Medicare prescription drug or private health plan because of the

Snakebite Threat Gets Short Shrift

If you’re poor and living in the Indian countryside, there’s a life-threatening problem that can slither right into your life

Feds Say HCG Diet Remedies Are ‘Illegal’

If you thought those HCG diet ads sounded too good to be true, the Food and Drug Administration agrees with

A Rarity: Earn More, Pay More For Health Coverage

One-size-fits-all health insurance premiums that don’t take into account how much an employee earns strike many people as unfair. Why

Young People Put Dent In Nursing Shortage

You know that shortage of nurses people have been warning about for about the last decade or two? Fuhgeddaboudit! That’s

What’s Behind A Temper Tantrum? Scientists Deconstruct The Screams

Children’s temper tantrums are widely seen as many things: the cause of profound helplessness among parents; a source of dread

Turning To Big Business To Solve The Obesity Epidemic

The Partnership for a Healthier America is a Washington-based group and it has Washington’s most prestigious woman as its honorary

US AIDS Chief Says Tipping Point Is In Sight

If all goes according to plan — the plan President Obama laid out on Thursday — the HIV pandemic may

Insurance Brokers’ Fees Won’t Count As A Health Care Expense

The Obama administration ruled today that fees paid to health insurance brokers and agents won’t count as medical care expenses,

Working Moms Multitask, And Stress, More Than Dads

A new study in the December issue of the American Sociological Review comes up with some findings that lots of

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