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California bets big on marketing to spread the health care gospel
Aarti Shahani Apr 25, 2013
Millions of Californians will be eligible for healthcare under the new law, and lots of them know nothing about it.
China's toxic harvest: Consumers flock to imported food
Rob Schmitz Apr 18, 2013
Thanks to a string of scandals that have damaged the reputation of China’s domestic food supply, more and more among the country's rising consumer class are turning to imported foods.
China's toxic harvest: A "cancer village" rises in protest
Rob Schmitz Apr 19, 2013
Farmers in Liuchong village in the Central Chinese province of Hubei are standing up to a local phosphate mining operation and fertilizer factory they blame for polluting the village's water and air, killing their crops and livestock, and leading to a sharp increase in cancer rates in the region.
Genetics may be the next big thing in medicine, but at what cost?
Dan Gorenstein Apr 12, 2013
Many believe genetics are the next big thing in medicine, but one question for this new era of personalized medicine is cost.
Six diet-related lifestyle changes: Which works for you?
Millie Jefferson Apr 11, 2013
Gluten-free diets are picking up steam, but they're not alone. We pin six more common lifestyle and diet changes.
Biogen Idec CEO on drug costs and taking on multiple sclerosis
Jeremy Hobson Apr 11, 2013
Biogen Idec CEO George Scangos discusses his company's new multiple sclerosis drug, pricing strategy, and research process.
'Chained CPI' hurts seniors
Robert Reich Apr 10, 2013
Obama's proposal to recalculate the rate of inflation hurts seniors who spend more on health care than the rest of us.
Stricter school lunch nutrition standards reduce childhood obesity: Study
David Weinberg Apr 10, 2013
School lunch programs with stricter nutrition standards may be helping to reduce obesity in children, especially those who receive free or reduced lunches.
China tackles a new outbreak of bird flu
Rob Schmitz Apr 5, 2013
Officials in China announced today that a sixth person has died from a new strain of bird flu. 14 people near Shanghai have been infected, and today authorities there decided to close all of the city's poultry markets.
Dementia is highest cost disease and rising
Dan Gorenstein Apr 4, 2013
A report in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine says the U.S. spends more on treating dementia than any other disease including cancer and heart disease.
