Health Care

"Dukes of Hazzard" star John Schneider's wife Alicia Allain was cancer-free within five months.

Researchers with the Scripps Research Translational Institute found that resting heart-rate and sleep data from wearable devices can be used to predict flu outbreaks.

The National Park Service began investigating after visitors and employees started reporting illnesses around the first week of January.

In a study published in the Drug and Alcohol Dependence journal, researchers at McLean Hospital found that heavy, recreational marijuana users were worse drivers even when sober, compared to non-users.

University of Hawaii Physician Workforce Assessment Project report said the Big Island has 44%, fewer doctors than necessary

Smoking costs in the U.S. stretch beyond $300 billion a year.

Being wealthy adds up to nine years to your life expectancy in the US, the study found.

After nearly three months of avoiding romaine lettuce from the Salinas Valley growing region, the CDC announced the outbreak “appears to be over.”

The lawsuits say that the company provided free services and equipment to medical equipment suppliers, sleep labs and other health care providers in violation of the federal False Claims Act.

California unveiled a similar proposal last week.

Up to 14 million people were infected with the flu between 2019 and this point in 2020.

Federal health statistics have shown that Americans are drinking about 2.3 gallons of alcohol per year. Drinking in the U.S. hasn’t been that high since the 1970s and 1980s.

Colgate-Palmolive launches its first recyclable toothpaste tube while the company announces ambitious plans for the future.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon called the American health care system "the most dynamic health care system in the world," and said the Democrats need "to be very careful" if they plan on rebuilding the health care system. 

UnitedHealth Group’s net income jumped 16% in the fourth quarter as the nation’s biggest health insurer ended 2019 by topping Wall Street’s earnings expectations again.

Federal drug data shows that more than 100 billion doses of pain pills were shipped nationwide from 2006 through 2014

Eli Lilly and Co said on Tuesday it plans to sell two versions of insulin products at half their current U.S. list prices.

The United States capital secured the top spot as the city in the nation with the most bedbugs.

As the criminal case moves toward possible trial this year, related pending lawsuits reflect a battle over blame.