Lab Tests

A day after federal prosecutors moved to shutter the country's largest medical marijuana dispensary, city leaders and other officials came to the defense of Harborside Health Center, warning of dire economic and social consequences if Oakland's...

You think you've done a pretty good job calculating your expenses in retirement, from utilities to taxes, from groceries to entertainment. But how realistic is your health care line item? This will hurt a lot: A 65-year-old couple who lives until 92...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Oglala Sioux tribal officials say a second case of hantavirus has been confirmed on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The news comes days after lab tests confirmed that a young tribal resident died from hantavirus. It...

The painful truth is that a 65-year-old couple who live until age 92 can expect to incur $400,000 in unreimbursed medical costs, assuming an annual health care inflation rate of 6 percent, according to Fidelity Investments. What's worse, that figure...

Lifeguards won’t stop you from taking a swim when E.Coli levels are high at Chicago’s beaches. The Chicago Park District will no longer close beaches with high E.coli counts. Swimmers will still get advisories if there is too much bacteria...

PETOSKEY — Lab tests confirm that it was the norovirus that forced Concord Academy Petoskey to cancel classes on Friday. Concord Petoskey executive director David Hill told the News-Review that 60 students were out sick, or left early last...

The stylists at Fred Segal Salon in Santa Monica were doing about two Brazilian Blowouts a day after the hair-smoothing product first came on the market six years ago. The $350 that Fred Segal Salon charged per treatment was a small price to pay for women...

A healing technique that has been used for many years in hospitals but gained widespread attention in the field of sports medicine is now making waves among oral surgeons and their patients. In Central Virginia, the technique is being used in at least one...

An Idaho mechanic found more than a pound of cocaine in the engine compartment of an elderly woman's car, said the Idaho Falls Police Department. The mechanic was servicing the vehicle Wednesday morning when he encountered the bag of cocaine. Police...

Stefan Duma could not have imagined the timing. In the two weeks since he and his Virginia Tech colleagues released their latest football helmet safety ratings, the sport's concussion epidemic has returned to the fore. A Super Bowl-winning quarterback...

Lake County prosecutors have dropped rape charges against a Chicago man who spent two decades in prison before DNA pointed away from him. Assistant State's Attorney Jim Newman appeared at a brief hearing and dropped the sexual assault charges. "He is...

Obstetric researchers have made much progress in the last decade to increase the safety of pregnancy and childbirth. But preeclampsia — a potentially life-threatening disorder — has continued to be a stubborn foe that affects almost 300,000...