If a doctor over-shares, what happens to the doctor-patient bond?

The health insurer Wellpoint is testing a new program that gives covered patients the option of going to India for elective surgery.

A rich-tasting soup that doesn’t rely on cream or butter.

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A new UCLA study shows that high blood pressure, diabetes and other chronic health problems have worsened among seniors in recent years, particularly in South L.A. and the Central Valley.

Felicitas Conde, 60, loves to walk.

A UCLA study finds that high blood pressure, diabetes and other chronic conditions have worsened among the elderly, particularly in South L.A. and the Central Valley.

Felicitas Conde, 60, loves to walk.

Under current law, patients must be admitted if they are brought in by police -- but not if they are brought in by a mental health worker. Commissioners seek a quick solution to the problem.

Alarmed by reports that Los Angeles County mental health staff -- hobbled by a countywide shortage of beds for the mentally ill -- are increasingly forwarding emergency calls to police, commissioners overseeing the department on Thursday asked that a plan to end the practice be presented by early next month.

Federal officials urged doctors and state health agencies to be more vigilant for suspected cases of Haemophilus influenzae type B in children under 5.

Children’s weight gain is linked to the frequency of fast food advertisements on television, according to a new study.

Staff Sgt. Brian Schar got behind the wheel of a white Chevy Colorado yesterday and went for a spin. The vehicle remained snugly parked in a room at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Northwest Washington, despite the large screens in front of the truck, which showed a street-level view of...

Two years after the federal government recommended that patients in emergency rooms and doctors' offices be routinely tested for HIV, the advice is generally not being followed, according to a large number of studies presented this week at a conference in Arlington.

In the largest randomized trial of ginkgo biloba to date, researchers found that the extract did not prevent or delay memory loss or Alzheimer’s disease.

Happy people spend a lot of time socializing, going to church and reading newspapers — but they don’t spend a lot of time watching television, a new study finds.

Some doctors are concerned about the safety of "off label" under-eye injections.

A new report suggests that women who become pregnant after weight-loss surgery have easier pregnancies than do obese women who become pregnant.

Physicians transplanted a human windpipe, using stem cells from the recipient’s bone marrow to reline a donor trachea and prevent its rejection by her immune system.

Dr. Katz, a physician and a professor at Yale Law School, spent decades tackling confounding questions on the boundaries between law, medicine, psychology and ethics.

The health insurance industry said it would support a plan requiring insurers to accept all customers, but asked that Congress require all Americans to have coverage in return.

At issue is Tom Daschle’s work since leaving the Senate as a board member of the Mayo Clinic and a highly paid adviser to health care clients.

The FDA field office is the first of three to be opened in the nation and is meant to boost consumer confidence in products coming from China.

Amid recurring Chinese product safety scares, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday opened an inspection office in Beijing that officials said would help China export safer products to America and the world.

The former senator will be the secretary of Health and Human Services. Observers say the move shows Obama is determined to overhaul healthcare.

Signaling his commitment to take on the thorny challenge of refashioning American healthcare, President-elect Barack Obama has asked former Sen. Tom Daschle to be secretary of Health and Human Services, placing a political ally with vast Capitol Hill experience at the forefront of the debate.

The FDA field office is the first of three to be opened in the nation and is meant to boost consumer confidence in products coming from China.

Amid recurring Chinese product safety scares, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday opened an inspection office in Beijing that officials said would help China export safer products to America and the world.

The average U.S. worker faced out-of-pocket expenses of more than $1,000 this year, an annual study finds.

Employers are dramatically shifting healthcare costs onto workers, so much so that the average annual deductible for an individual surpassed $1,000 for the first time this year, according to a new study.

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Bike fittings for recreational cyclists has mushroomed into a mainstream offering found at scores of bikes shops and training centers around the country.

A new study finds that babies born to women who had gestational diabetes are about twice as likely as others to have language delays.

Thomas A. Daschle, a former Senate majority leader and a confidant of President-elect Barack Obama, will be nominated as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and will take on a broader role as the administration's health policy chief, said several sources close to the transition...

The only obstacle between kids and their french fries: Mom.

Powerful antipsychotic medicines are being used far too cavalierly in children, and regulators must do more to warn doctors of their risks, a panel of experts said.

After a Senate inquiry found evidence of deceptive marketing, AARP has hired an outside investigator to look into sales of some of its popular health insurance products.