I'm Mike Huckabee, And I Approve This ... Infomercial?
How does the former governor square hawking a diabetes supplement program with a potentially serious run for the White House?
Health & Safety
Ebola Patient Being Treated In Maryland Is In Critical Condition
The American patient, whose identity hasn't been publicly released, was taken to the National Institutes of Health's Clinical Center last week, after contracting Ebola in Sierra Leone.
Feds Knew About Medicare Advantage Overcharges Years Ago
An unpublished government study from 2009 sounded alarm bells about the risk formula used to pay privately run Medicare insurance plans. Since then billions of dollars in waste have been documented.
Credit Agencies Agree To Wait Before Adding Medical Debt To Ratings
Insurers sometimes wrangle with patients and for months before paying a bill. A new six-month waiting period will give consumers time to resolve disputes and avoid having their credit ratings dinged.
Before The Gas Is Passed, Researchers Aim To Measure It In The Gut
As people's health waxes or wanes because of stress or disease, their intestinal ecosystems change, too. It may be possible someday to diagnose disease by analyzing the gas the microbes make.
Amid Rising Concern About Addiction, Universities Focus On Recovery
The Center for Students in Recovery at the University of Texas is one of a small but growing number of programs catering to former addicts at U.S. colleges and universities.
How Far Has The Health Of Moms Come Since 1995?
The rate of women worldwide who die in childbirth has dropped by more than 40 percent over the past two decades. But does this rosy global health statistic overstate the extent of change?
Dutch Owl's Rampage Ends Safely For All
An owl in the Netherlands unaccountably chose rather large prey, and managed to do quite a bit of damage, but the emergency is over.
Lumber Liquidators Defends Its Products After '60 Minutes' Report
The flooring retailer says the tests used by its critics give a misleading impression of product safety. But Lumber Liquidators says it will pay for safety testing for customers who want it.
Mr. Mambia Goes To Washington: To Honor His Sister, Who Died Of Ebola
Tarkpor Mambia of Liberia is now a student in Massachusetts. When he learned of his sister's death, he was determined to go to the nation's capital to put a human face on global health issues.