SEATTLE -- The exam room at Cleveland High School's Teen Health Center has the basics: a blood pressure monitor and various scopes hang on the wall. Paper covers the exam table. But its equipment also reflects the realities of adolescent health problems.

More than 60 percent of low-income Santa Clara County children who received dental insurance from an innovative health program actually went to see a dentist, according to a study released Thursday.

This month marks the launching of a statewide initiative to enroll more children in the Kentucky Children’s Health Insurance Program, and local agencies will be acting to get more children who qualify into the program.

STARKVILLE, Miss - With health insurance premiums on the rise, experts expect more people to cut out dental care as prices sore. What most people don't understand is that poor dental health opens the door for even more serious health problems.

The Alliance Party in announcing its health policy today stressed that it was the only party in this election that was offering truly free and universal health care for all New Zealanders, according to health spokesperson, Tom Dowie.