WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden will bring together scientists, oncologists, donors and patients for a national conference on cancer research in Washington, the White House said Tuesday....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- New guidelines say weight-loss surgery should become a more routine treatment option for diabetes, even for some patients who are mildly obese....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- International diabetes organizations are calling for weight-loss surgery to become a more routine treatment option for diabetes, even for some patients who are only mildly obese....
BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Unionamp;apos;s statistical agency says that one out of three deaths in the 28-nation bloc would be avoidable if optimal health care was available....
RIO, Fla. (AP) -- A summer flu seemed to be sweeping through Rachel Heidamp;apos;s riverfront neighborhood. Pale and shaky, she left work with a fever. Neighbors had the same symptoms, and a contractor at her home felt so sick he went to the hospital....
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The U.S. government on Monday threatened to cut off Medicare and Medicaid funding to a government-run hospital in Rapid City - the third South Dakota hospital serving Native Americans thatamp;apos;s been found to have serious deficiencies in recent months....