Health Care

Novo Nordisk was handed an upgrade to 'buy' from 'hold' on Tuesday from Austria's Erste Group. 

The pharmaceutical industry took a hit on Friday after Jefferies unleashed a bearish outlook on the sector and downgraded several of the major drug makers.

Rising health-care costs will likely create challenges for consumers and the retailers that depend on discretionary spending, new S&P research shows.

The medical device maker warned of weaker-than-expected quarterly sales amid shrinking medical robot revenue.

U.S. consumers denied the right to know the origin of their food by the WTO. 

Doris Ranzman had followed the expert advice, planning ahead in case she wound up unable to care for herself one day.

Medicare proposed Wednesday to ease a coverage policy on short hospital stays that has been criticized because it can result in higher costs for seniors.

CVS will buy the pharmacy benefits provider Omnicare in a deal valued at about $12.7 billion, putting it in a better position to get its prescriptions to the growing U.S. population living in senior-care facilities.

The steep cost of caring for the elderly continues to climb.

The nation's largest health insurer, UnitedHealth, is staking a bigger claim in pharmacy benefits management with a plan to buy Catamaran Corp. for more than $12 billion in cash.

Mati Munoz lost her liver to hepatitis C, and the virus was attacking its transplanted replacement last year when her doctor prescribed a drug combination that could save the organ.

A government watchdog agency says Medicare's prescription drug program kept paying for costly medications -- even after patients were dead.

Digamber Rawat rarely emerges from the tiny windowless room he shares with his parents because a mysterious illness has wasted away the strength in his legs.

Fitness Mogul Shaun T talks fitness, building a business, and finding his ‘sanity’ in dance.

Over two dozen major food companies announced plans to go cage-free in 2015.

PepsiCo is cleaning up their vending machines and adding Non-GMO seals to some of their brands.

When There’s a Food Outbreak, People Call This Guy….Attorney Bill Marler is representing 47 of the 52 people in the Chipotle E.coli Outbreak

Meet the smart fridge looking to transform how you snack at work.  

African swine fever-resistant pigs are created through a new gene-editing technique.

The FDA has been doing more random food testing in recent years causing an uptick in recalls.