MySpace is research place for busybody 'Dr. Meg' 01/05/2009 04:19 PM MST - CHICAGO—Many teenagers cleaned up their MySpace profiles, deleting mentions of sex and booze and boosting privacy settings, if they got a single cautionary e-mail from a busybody named "Dr. Full Story
Nursing industry desperate to find new hires 01/05/2009 01:07 PM MST - MILWAUKEE—Please, please accept a high-paying job with us. In fact, just swing by for an interview and we'll give you a chance to win cash and prizes. Full Story
Cell phone soap operas deliver safe-sex message 01/03/2009 06:53 PM MST - TRENTON, N.J.—"Hey baby, you OK?" Mike asks his girlfriend as she sits down next to him. "Yeah, I'm OK," Toni says, and she puts her head on his shoulder. Full Story
Doctor, former patient now colleagues in Detroit 01/03/2009 08:29 AM MST - DETROIT—When Dr. Trevor Banka treats cancer patients alongside Dr. Michael Mott he is working with not only his mentor, but the physician who helped save his life. Full Story
Recording studio in hospital about more than music 01/03/2009 08:28 AM MST - HOUSTON—Just down the hall from the chemo infusion rooms at Texas Children's Hospital, Jalen Huckabay was about to slip into another world, away from the wearying regimen of pokes, prods and pinches she'd endured since being diagnosed with lymphoma in November. Full Story
Smoking ban leads to major drop in heart attacks 12/31/2008 07:16 PM MST - ATLANTA—A smoking ban in one Colorado city led to a dramatic drop in heart attack hospitalizations within three years, a sign of just how serious a health threat secondhand smoke is, government researchers said Wednesday. Full Story
Trying to prevent lymphedema after breast cancer 12/29/2008 07:17 PM MST - WASHINGTON—Hospitals in about a dozen states are testing whether some simple steps, such as arm-strengthening exercises, could reduce the risk of one of breast cancer's troubling legacies—the painful and sometimes severe arm swelling called lymphedema. Full Story
Study: Menopause drugs raise risk of breast cancer 12/14/2008 - Taking menopause hormones for five years doubles the risk for breast cancer, according to a new analysis of a big federal study that reveals the most dramatic evidence yet of the dangers of these still-popular pills.
Deductibles take bigger bite 11/20/2008 - Workers already hammered by rising health care costs increasingly are facing out-of-pocket $1,000 deductibles for medical treatment.
Therapy, Zoloft helps kids 10/31/2008 - A popular antidepressant plus three months of psychotherapy dramatically helped children with anxiety disorders, the most common psychiatric illnesses in children, the biggest study of its kind found.
Medical outlays may be slashed 09/25/2008 - Health-care industry observers, like many, are taking a wait-and- see attitude toward the federal government's proposed $700 billion Wall Street bailout plan, hoping that troubles don't spiral and leave them spattered.
Health-policy costs forecast to rise 10.6%, the least since '01 08/11/2008 - Health insurance costs may rise 10.6 percent in the next 12 months, the smallest increase since at least 2001, according to a survey by Aon Consulting Worldwide. The expected increase for employer-sponsored plans, more than double the rate of inflation, reflects the rising price of services and increased utilization by an aging population, said Bill Sharon, a senior vice president for Aon Consulting, part of Chicago-based Aon Corp., an insurance-services company. Health-care spending, at $2.2 trillion a year, makes up about 16 percent of the U.S. economy. Bloomberg News; AP file photo
Training schools help consumers pinch pennies 08/12/2008 - The cost of insurance wasn't so much the problem as the amount Tracee Gingrich was required to pay for even the simplest dental procedures.
Ground broken on hospital 05/21/2008 - HealthOne broke ground Wednesday on the Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children on the east side of Presbyterian/St. Luke's campus at 1719 E. 19th Ave.
House backs bill to slow rise in rates by insurers 04/24/2008 - Health insurance companies would have to get permission before raising rates on customers under a bill that won initial approval in the Colorado House on Wednesday.
