Health

Posted by Katharine Crnko…

In the U.S., Type 2 diabetes is usually associated with overeating and obesity. But when Bloomberg Markets magazine reporter Jason Gale visited India, he found a rise of diabetes diagnoses in people who didn't fit that description. Steve Chiotakis talks to Gale about his findings.

The health care landscape is changing thanks to the Internet, mobile technology, and the “Yelpification” of medical business.

Republicans on Capitol Hill may not be able to repeal the health care law. But the law leaves a lot of decisions up to individual states, so governors will have a big influence on how well the law is implemented. Marketplace's Nancy Marshall-Genzer reports.

Some of the Republicans elected to Congress earlier this month promised to repeal the health care overhaul. But at least one major health insurer says that would be a bad idea. The CEO of Cigna said earlier today that repeal would not be "in our society's best interest." Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.

Posted by Daryl Paranada…

Is that Happy Meal full of calories, fat and sugar? Then no toy for you, is what the San Francisco Board of Supervisors decided.

A new study released today out of Britain says alcohol is more harmful to society than the illegal drugs cocaine and heroin. Those other illegal drugs are more harmful to the user, but the key difference in the study is alcoholism's effect on people around the addict. Susan Foster has more.

British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to pay a $750 million fine for manufacturing defective medication, including the antidepressant Paxil. Nancy Marshall Genzer explains.