As children's waistlines continue to grow, so have concerns about childhood obesity. According to a new report childhood obesity is now the No. 1 health concern for kids in 2008, topping smoking and drug abuse. In 2007, childhood obesity ranked third amo

Employer health care costs are poised to rise almost 10 percent in 2008 — more than double the annual inflation rate — and nearly that much again in 2009, according to an industry report released Tuesday.

Health care stocks mostly traded lower Tuesday, with shares of Express Scripts Inc. slipping after it agreed to sell its intravenous drug provider business.

Calhoun County has a tuberculosis problem that is not going away and public health officials are hoping to prevent another spike in cases such as what occurred in 2006.

PITTSBURGH - The director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Cancer Centers has issued an advisory to about 3,000 faculty and staff about the possible health risks associated with cellular-phone us