Court Takes Health Care Case Behind Closed Doors

The court's decision, due in June, will affect the way virtually every American receives and pays for health care and surely will reverberate in this year's campaigns

2012-03-29

Mark Sherman The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The survival of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul rests with a Supreme Court seemingly split over ideology and, more particularly, in the hands of two Republican-appointed justices. Read the complete article

Health Care Arguments: Now What About Medicaid?

Justices show strong resistance to states' argument that expansion of program is “coercive”

2012-03-28

Mark Sherman and Pete Yost The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court's liberal justices are making clear they will vote to uphold the massive expansion of the Medicaid program for low-income Americans that is part of the health care overhaul. Read the complete article

VIDEO: Some Justices Seem Open to Saving Parts of Health Care Law

Even if central component of legislation is struck down, Medicaid expansion and other provisions could survive

2012-03-28

Mark Sherman and Pete Yost The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Several Supreme Court justices seemed receptive Wednesday to the idea that portions of President Barack Obama's health care law can survive even if the court declares the centerpiece unconstitutional. Read the complete article

Studies: Surgery Can Put Diabetes Into Remission

Evidence could help convince doubtful patients that stomach-reducing operations can have powerful effect

2012-03-26

Marilynn Marchione AP Chief Medical Writer

CHICAGO (AP) -- New research gives clear proof that weight-loss surgery can reverse and possibly cure diabetes, and doctors say it should be offered sooner to more people with the disease - not just as a last resort. Read the complete article

High Court Takes Up Fight Over Obama Health Law

A decision is expected by late June, in the midst of a presidential election campaign in which Republicans oppose the law and promise its repeal, if the high court doesn't strike it down first

2012-03-26

Mark Sherman The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is front and center at the Supreme Court for three days of hearings to determine the fate of a law aimed at extending health insurance to more than 30 million Americans. Read the complete article

UK Government Proposes Minimum Alcohol Price

Aim is to clamp down on irresponsible drinking, but public likely won’t be enthused

2012-03-25

LONDON (AP) -- Britain's government is introducing a plan to ban the sale of super-cheap alcohol in hopes of clamping down on irresponsible drinking. Read the complete article

HEALTHY FOOD: Gluten Free Soup and Bread

Colcannon Soup and Soda Bread

2012-03-22

Those with food allergies seek out adapations of traditional recipes -- but we’ve found old recipes that are already gluten free, without substitutions. Read the complete article

HEALTHY FOOD: Quick Ham Recipes

Pita and Linguine

2012-03-15

While pasta is cooking, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Sauté garlic. Add ham and continue to sauté until ham begins to brown. Read the complete article

HEALTHY FOOD: Fruit Slimming Secret

Banana fiber makes you feel full longer and less hungry overall

2012-03-15

The fiber acts like an internal accelerator that pulls some of the fat in the stomach through the digestive system before it can be absorbed. Read the complete article

USDA Will Allow Schools to Chose Better Beef

Can avoid processed slurry of meat scraps

2012-03-15

"I don't think a highly processed slurry of meat scraps mixed with ammonia is what most families would think of as 'wholesome and nutritious'" -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D Read the complete article