Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute in Memphis has confirmed that Steve Jobs, Apple's chief executive officer, got a liver transplant there recently.
Weight loss surgery can improve or even resolve type 2 diabetes in the long term, according to two new studies.
The president argued that a government-run plan competing with private insurers would be an “important tool to discipline insurance companies.”
Bone mineral density testing is not helpful and may even be misleading during osteoporosis treatment with bisphosphonates, new research finds.
People give higher customer satisfaction ratings to white men than to women and members of minorities, a new study says.
After working as a psychiatrist, finding help for oneself can become complicated.
A report met with some skepticism found that excess fat might have once revved up immune systems, providing a now-outdated survival tool.
People who were overweight as teenagers or young adults may be at increased risk of pancreatic cancer.
Federal agriculture officials believe that the new swine flu pandemic most likely emerged in pigs in Asia, then traveled to North America in a human.
The Muscular Dystrophy Association, based in Tucson, said it was canceling the remainder of its summer camps because swine flu had been reported in them.
