Appeals court: Seniors can't reject Medicare right
A federal appeals court says American seniors who receive Social Security cannot reject their legal right to Medicare benefits in a rare case of someone suing to get out of a government entitlement.
Government Assistance Expands
More than one in three Americans lived in households that received Medicaid, food stamps or other means-based government assistance, according to a new report.
Obama to seek more Alzheimer's research money
The Obama administration wants to spend just over half a billion dollars on Alzheimer's research next year, hoping to battle back against what could become the defining disease of the aging baby-boom generation.
Feds reject Brown's plan of Medi-Cal copayments
Federal health officials say California cannot force Medi-Cal recipients to make a co-pay for doctor visits and prescription drugs, a decision that brings relief to low-income patients but complicates the state's effort to close a $9.2 billion budget deficit.
A push for family input to detect dementia earlier
Dementia can sneak up on families because its sufferers are pretty adept at covering lapses early on.
Fewer teens exposed to tobacco smoke in cars
Although fewer kids are being exposed to smoking while riding in cars, more than 20 percent of nonsmoking teens still are, U.S. health officials report.
FDA questions Amgen drug for prostate cancer
Scientists for the Food and Drug Administration say that an Amgen drug slowed the spread of cancer to the bone in men with hard-to-treat prostate cancer, though the drug did not extend life and carried significant side effects.
Rubio pushes back at contraception rules under health care law
Sitting in his pew at St. Louis Catholic Church in Miami one recent Sunday, Sen.
Your Health CDC: Too many kids breathe others' smoke in cars
CHICAGO – Texting while driving, speeding and back-seat hanky-panky aren't all that parents need to worry about when their kids are in cars: Add secondhand smoke to the list.