When I ask my students to write about current economic issues, aside from gas prices, health care is the issue that seems to get the most attention. The Health care problem is actually a tremendous opportunity, since there is so much room for improvement.

Modern medicine might be rooted in science. But like any other job, it's shaped by traditions, trends and occasional surprises. For years, obstetric units have stocked solutions of magnesium sulfate -- the chemical in Epsom salts.

Washington, July 13 : With waistlines increasing rapidly around the world, a group of researchers at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine predict that by 2030, almost 58 percent of the world's population will be overweight or o

Sept. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Medical imaging scans detected 90 percent of large polyps and colorectal cancers in a study, giving patients a more comfortable, less costly alternative to colonoscopies used to spot growths before they turn malignant.

The United States is on track to report its highest incidence of measles cases since 2001, health officials said, exacerbated by a rise in outbreaks worldwide and clusters of people who are opting out of the vaccine because of religious beliefs or fears o