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Chris Brown Checks Into Rehab For Anger Managment After Stint In Jail Over...

Source: Nancy Dillon / New York Daily News Chris Brown has checked into a rehab facility for anger management after allegations that he broke a man’s nose landed him in jail, his lawyer said Tuesday....

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President Obama To Speak On Health Care Amid Rumors Of Fix

Source: Michael O’Brien, Maggie Fox and Frank Thorp / NBC News President Barack Obama is expected to announce a patch to his signature health care law to address mounting concerns over canceled...

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Policy Cancellations: Obama Will Allow Old Plans (VIDEO)

Bowing to pressure, President Barack Obama on Thursday announced changes to his health care law that would give insurance companies the option to keep offering consumers plans that would otherwise be...

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Quitting The N.F.L.: For John Moffitt, The Money Wasn’t Worth It

Source: Ken Belson / The New York Times SEATTLE — John Moffitt chugged mugs of black coffee and talked almost giddily about how, the week before, he called John Elway, the head of football operations...

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Dorsett Told He Has Signs Of CTE

Tony Dorsett, who rushed for more than 12,000 yards with the Dallas Cowboys, was told Monday that he’s been diagnosed with signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.

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Health-Care Debate Takes Back Seat As The Long-Uninsured Line Up In Rural...

Source: Stephanie McCrummen / The Washington Post BREATHITT COUNTY, Ky. — On the campaign trail, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was still blasting the new health-care law as unsalvageable. At...

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Serial Infector Gets 39 Years In Hepatitis Case

Source: Holly Ramer / NBC News CONCORD, N.H. — A traveling medical technician was sentenced Monday to 39 years in prison for intentionally infecting dozens of patients in four states with hepatitis C...

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New Research Disputes Fat But Fit Claim

Source: Linda Carroll / NBC News If you’re overweight or obese, it may pay off to shed even just a few extra pounds. Excess weight can knock years off your life even if your cholesterol, blood pressure...

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President Obama To Launch New Health Care Law Campaign

Source: David Jackson / USA Today President Obama and his aides will seek to rally public support for his embattled health care plan in the coming weeks, starting with a White House event Tuesday....

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Scientists Find Aggressive New HIV Strain

Source: Liz Neporent / ABC News Swedish scientists have identified a new strain of HIV that appears to progress much faster than most previously identified variations of the virus. The new strain,...

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Marijuana May Be Contaminated With Mold, Mildew

Source: AP / CBS News WEST HAVEN, Conn. – The microscope at the University of New Haven, set at 10-times magnification, shows a marijuana leaf covered with dozens of tiny bumps. It’s mold, and someone,...

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Faced With Too Few Physicians, California Offers Free Medical School

Source: CBS News RIVERSIDE, Calif. — In addition to getting more Americans to sign up for private insurance, the health-care overhaul will also get more people to sign up for Medicaid. In California,...

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Black Teen Pregnancy Hits Historic Low

Source: Donovan X. Ramsey / theGrio New data shows that, in a number of areas — teen pregnancy, violent crime and increasing gradation rates — black youths have made significant gains. Experts say it’s...

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Oakland Girl Declared Brain Dead Three Days After Having Tonsils Removed

Source: New York Daily News She was just supposed to have her tonsils out, and now her heartbroken family wants answers. Jahi McMath, 13, was declared brain dead on Thursday, three days after...

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Chinese Doctors Attach Hand To Foot

Source: ABC News Hand it to Chinese doctors. When Xiao Wei suffered a work accident and lost his right hand, surgeons couldn’t reattach it immediately, so they replanted it on his ankle. Doctors drew...

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Senator Harry Reid In Hospital For Observation

Source: AP / ABC 7 KGO WASHINGTON – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is in the hospital for observation after not feeling well overnight. Aides to the Nevada Democrat have released a statement. It...

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Obama Administration Relaxes Rules Of Health-Care Law Four Days Before Deadline

Source: Amy Goldstein / The Washington Post The Obama administration on Thursday night significantly relaxed the rules of the federal health-care law for millions of consumers whose individual...

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Affordable Care Act Signup Deadline Today, With Exceptions

Source: Chicago Tribune For most Americans who don’t have health insurance, Monday is the deadline to sign up for coverage starting on Jan. 1 under President Barack Obama’s healthcare law. There is a...

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2nd Opinion For Girl Brain Dead After Routine Tonsillectomy

Source: AP / USA Today OAKLAND, Calif. — The family of a Northern California girl on life support after being declared brain dead was expected to appear with hospital officials in court Monday to...

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HPV Vaccine Gardasil Voluntarily Recalled Due To Glass Shards In Some Vials

Search: Michelle Castillo / CBS News Merck announced a voluntary recall of one lot its vaccine Gardasil, one of two vaccines approved to protect against cancer-causing strains of the human...

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