Health Issues
LIBBY, Mont. - Instead of saying thanks, some residents rebuked Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Sen.
NAIROBI, Kenya - An American heart transplant recipient who climbs mountains to demonstrate the power of organ donation has been turned back by frigid weather and loose rocks while attempting to summit Africa's second-highest peak.
WASHINGTON - Zach Hoffman was confident his small business would qualify for a new tax cut in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law.
WASHINGTON - Bone marrow transplants are undergoing a quiet revolution: No longer just for cancer, research is under way to ease the risks so they can target more people with diseases from sickle cell to deadly metabolic disorders.
CHICAGO - A study of Medicare patients shows that costlier, more complex spinal fusion surgeries are on the rise - and sometimes done unnecessarily - for a common lower back condition caused by aging and arthritis.
