Medicine and Health

Evidence points to events early in life and even in the womb that can set children on a path to obesity.

While the debate continues in Washington, health care systems nationwide struggle to offset money spent to treat patients who cannot afford to pay their bills.

Buried in the Senate health care package are provisions benefiting specific states and constituencies, inserted by the majority leader to secure lawmakers’ support.

Many analysts say the House bill is not as bad for business as many in the health care industry might have feared when the overhaul effort began.

The slim margin in the House suggests greater challenges in the Senate, where the majority leader, Harry Reid, is struggling to hold on to all 58 Democrats and two independents.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi raises funds in part to help re-elect her most vulnerable members, many from Republican-leaning districts leery of liberal health care proposals.

As a bill heads to the floor, Senator Tom Coburn prepares for what he considers a career pinnacle of havoc.

While Democrats rejoiced, Republicans responded that gimmicks had been used to hide the measure’s long-term costs.

The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday rejected two proposals to add a government-run health insurance plan to the health care proposal.

Stretching the limits of medicine and America’s transplant system to save the life of a Cincinnati teenager in Israel with a deadly form of a rare disease.