The message about the dangers of secondhand smoke and the importance of providing smoke-free homes has paid off. Fewer children visited a doctor or a hospital for ear infections in the 13 years of research from Harvard School o…
Unknown to most Americans, a surprising number of U.S. cities have drinking water with unhealthy levels of chemicals and contaminants. Using data collected from multiple sources for five years by Environmental Working Group, 24…
Short wait times for doctor visits and 24/7 access to physicians are some of the perks available through concierge health care. But such perks cost more — sometimes a lot more. And these plans could create a two-tier health ca…
Sanofi-Aventis announced its cancer drug candidate iniparib failed in a late-stage clinical trial. Other pharmaceutical companies have also experienced recent setbacks as they scramble to bolster their pipelines ahead of the pa…
Diabetes is a growing global scourge, but for Big Pharma it’s more of a lifesaver — and many drugmakers are cranking up their research efforts. After all, many existing drugs will soon be losing their patents, and diabetes cou…