Larry Anderson, a former Calhoun County Board of Health chairman, agreed to fill in as the county health officer until a permanent replacement can be hired.

The FDA recently announced that obesity is the number one health problem in the United States. In the medical industry today doctors are constantly searching for more ways to improve their patients' health and wellness.

EL PASO - President-elect Barack Obama's plans for a universal health-care system is the last ray of hope for many in El Paso - where nearly a third of the residents are uninsured and millions of dollars go into health-care charity programs.

Weighed down by a steep decline in access to medical care and poor efficiency, the overall performance of the U.S. health-care system dipped this year compared with a report from two years ago.

A bill to scrap a new health insurance program that has been criticized for placing a heavy financial burden on the elderly cleared the opposition-controlled House of Councilors on Friday but is not expected to advance any further. The Liberal Democratic