In an editorial in this week's PLoS Medicine, the journal's editors outline five key reasons why providing basic surgical services universally should be considered a global public health priority.

In previous posts, I have discussed the Task Force of Mental Health and Abortion, formed in 2007, to review the research on abortion's potential mental health consequences.

BATON ROUGE - Gov. Bobby Jindal's plan to reform the way health care is delivered to the state's citizens will first focus on regions with the greatest needs. That means Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes aren't part of the picture.

GOLDSBORO – Cherry Hospital is dealing with more problems after police charged two employees with beating a patient. The News and Observer reported that health care technicians Taniko Upton and William Johnson were charged with assault and battery of a

We have not in this country come to grips with the core question of whether health care is a right or a privilege — something to which every American is entitled or something to which your entitlement and the extent of your care depend on whether you ar