With the strokes from three gubernatorial pens, Vermont on Monday became the fourth state in the country to allow doctors to prescribe lethal medication to terminally ill patients. Gov. Peter Shumlin signed the measure in a state House ceremony … [Read more...]

Do your kids love chocolate milk? It may have more calories on average than you thought. Same goes for soda. Until now, the only way to find out what people in the United States eat and how many calories they consume has been government data, … [Read more...]

Prosthetics and forms After a woman undergoes a mastectomy to remove one or both breasts, new clothes may be necessary to accommodate a sunken or asymmetrical chest and scars. Step one is to get a prosthesis (or breast form as it's also known). "A … [Read more...]

A federal appeals court on Monday agreed to temporarily put on hold the unrestricted sale of the Plan B emergency contraceptive to all ages while it considers a government appeal of a lower court ruling. The delay came after U.S. District Judge … [Read more...]

A few months after turning 50 years old, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie secretly underwent lap-band surgery in February for the sake of his wife and kids, a source close to the governor confirmed to CNN. Christie told the New York Post, which … [Read more...]

The Silicon Valley Leadership Group, representing more than 375 of Silicon Valley’s most respected employers, has long focused its priorities on influencing policies and programs that improve health outcomes and reduce overall health care costs for … [Read more...]

Nevada state officials said Monday that two employees at Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital in Las Vegas have been fired and another three will be disciplined as a result of an internal investigation into the hospital's practice of busing mentally ill … [Read more...]

A number of news agencies have reached out to police, the hospital, and child protective services, but none has spoken out on the issue. ABC 10, which has worked on the story at length, says police and the hospital both referred questions to Child … [Read more...]