Palliative care -- whether based in the home or in the hospital -- is the younger sister of hospice care. Both are designed to improve comfort for patients facing life-threatening illness. Full story »
Reporting medical errors, such as surgical fires, to outside agencies can help prevent them, medical safety experts say. But Ohio doesn't require it. Full story »
There has been much public discussion of whether the wives of Tiger Woods, Eliot Spitzer, John Edwards and Jesse James should leave them. But where's the concern that these men jeopardized their wives' health and lives with their behavior? Full story »
I found T-Bow most beneficial in the area of balance, my perennial weakness. Although I soon felt comfortable on its teetering surface, I still fell off -- all of a few inches -- several times during French's fast-paced demonstration. Full story »
The field of genetic testing has expanded in recent years, with more companies making it easier for people to order genetic test kits by phone or online to find out their risk of a disease or condition in a matter of weeks. The Pathway test is the first to be sold in retail stores. Full story »
Want to minimize your consumption of foods raised with pesticides and chemical fertilizers, but don't want to spend a fortune buying organic? Try buying organic only when choosing foods on the "Dirty Dozen" list Full story »
A physician with a national reputation in the treatment of cystic fibrosis is the new chairman of the department of pediatrics at Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital and at Case Western Reserve University’s medical school Full story »
Letting young adults stay on their parents' health insurance until they turn 26 will nudge premiums nearly 1 percent higher for employer plans, the government said in an estimate released Monday. Full story »
In June 1960 the Food and Drug Administration approved a pill that some people say caused a veritable women's revolution. Before then, much of the available birth control options were expensive, difficult to use and, in some states, illegal. Full story »
Dr. Michael W. Konstan is the new chairman of the pediatrics department at University Hospitals Case Medical Center’s Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Full story »
Common sense tells us that it's good to eat well and exercise to keep physically fit. But that same regimen also is good for mental wellbeing. Full story »
Nash was discharged Thursday evening and flew by private plane to the Boston area, her family's lawyer told the Associated Press. She is expected to undergo physical therapy to learn the skills needed for her to live independently. Full story »
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