Health Care

To all the world, it looked like breast implants were safe.

For nearly two decades, health advocates have pushed to standardize the way medical devices are tracked and studied.

US health officials say they plan to overhaul the nation's decades-old system for approving most medical devices, which experts have long criticized for failing to catch problems with risky implants and medical instruments.

To all the world, it looked like breast implants were safe.

Desperate for relief after years of agony, Jim Taft listened intently as his pain management doctor described a medical device that could change his life.

Few medical devices hold as much potential for explosive growth as spinal-cord stimulators , especially in the United States, where they are being pushed as the answer to the country's opioid epidemic.

The tiny balloon was supposed to stretch open a blocked artery on Charles Riegel's diseased heart.

A British corporate investigator has filed a complaint to U.K. regulators about Chinese state TV, saying its British license should be revoked because it broadcast his forced confession when he was imprisoned in China.

Avoid all romaine lettuce, but don't worry about your turkey.

A mega-merger between Aetna and CVS recently received regulatory approval.

Honda is recalling 122,000 minivans worldwide because the sliding doors can open while the vans are moving.

The acquisition was initially expected to be finalized before the holiday.

Prescription drug prices can be lowered by competition: Association for Accessible Medicines CEO.

A handful of states are considering allowing new groups of people to purchase coverage under the program.

General Electric has long been a household name, manufacturing a spectrum of goods from light bulbs and air conditioners to MRI machines and jet engines.

Health officials say there's no reason to skip Thanksgiving dinner because of a salmonella outbreak linked to raw turkey.