Posts in category Health

By STEVE LeBLANC BOSTON (AP) _ Hospitals, insurers, doctors, unions and pharmaceutical companies spent a record $19 million lobbying Beacon Hill lawmakers last year, a …

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) _ When retailers open state-approved medical marijuana shops in Illinois later this year, they will face …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ John Jay Hooker has worked for Robert F. Kennedy, run for Tennessee governor and now, while facing terminal cancer, hopes to …

By SALLY ASHER Enid News & Eagle ENID, Okla. (AP) _ The effects of the Vietnam War still are reaching Enid in 2015. During the …

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) _ The family of 4-year-old with an inoperable brain tumor has announced a new foundation to raise public awareness. Chad Carr …

By ED WHITE VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) _ Lisa Smith says her son’s behavior was dangerous: hair pulling, kicks, punches, all related to a …

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR WASHINGTON (AP) _ A different health care issue has emerged for Democrats, in sync with the party’s pitch to workers and middle-class …

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) _ Environmental advocacy groups are touring North Carolina with a series of short cautionary films about hydraulic fracturing drilling. The groups are …

By JASON DEAREN ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) _ A Florida children’s dentist accused of running a “house of horrors” that included performing surgical procedures without …

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ Spring cleaning season is here and the North Dakota Health Department says people should be aware of the risk of being …