Health reform the Vt. way: manage costly chronic conditions and keep patients healthy. What could play a central role reforming the nation's health care system happens in a small conference room of the Aesculapius Medical Center ? two patients learning the basics of managing their diabetes.

Health reform the Vt. way: manage costly chronic conditions and keep patients healthy. What could play a central role reforming the nation's health care system happens in a small conference room of the Aesculapius Medical Center ? two patients learning the basics of managing their diabetes.

China will stop mandatory hepatitis B tests for employees joining new companies and students enrolling in schools, state media said Sunday, after a court ruled the tests were illegal discrimination.

A scientist says a dead beluga whale found in the waters off downtown Anchorage was pregnant.

Scientist: Dead beluga whale found in waters near downtown Anchorage was pregnant. A scientist says a dead beluga whale found in the waters off downtown Anchorage was pregnant.

Peculiar pageant in Hungary focuses on surgically enhanced beauties. It was a night for unnatural beauties. Contestants showed off breast implants, nose jobs and face lifts as Miss Plastic Hungary 2009 strove to promote the benefits of plastic surgery in a country where artificial enhancements are viewed mostly with a wary eye.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Want to reduce your risk of skin cancer? Wear sun screen, of course. But two new studies suggest that choosing your relatives carefully could also be helpful.

Semenya case forces IAAF medical commission to begin forming gender definition. World track and field's governing body will start examining next week how to determine gender in an athletics context, an initiative spurred by the case of 800-meter world champion Caster Semenya.

Peculiar pageant in Hungary focuses on surgically enhanced beauties. It was a night for unnatural beauties. Contestants showed off breast implants, nose jobs and face lifts as Miss Plastic Hungary 2009 strove to promote the benefits of plastic surgery in a country where artificial enhancements are viewed mostly with a wary eye.

It was a night for unnatural beauties.

Cal freshman Rogers moves forward with career-ending heart condition. Tierra Rogers never let herself think she was going to die. Her late father gave her strength and always taught her to persevere through the most trying of times.

Shares of Acorda Therapeutics dive after FDA questions experimental multiple sclerosis drug. Shares of Acorda Therapeutics plummeted Friday after the Food and Drug Administration issued a negative opinion that questioned the safety and effectiveness of the company's multiple sclerosis drug.

Shares of Acorda Therapeutics plummeted Friday after the Food and Drug Administration issued a negative opinion that questioned the safety and effectiveness of the company's multiple sclerosis drug.

U.S. health officials have lost track of how many illnesses and deaths have been caused by the first global flu epidemic in 40 years.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Treating pregnant mothers, and then their infants, with select strains of probiotics -- bacteria present naturally in the body and sometimes added to food or dietary supplements to boost immune function -- may help prevent a skin condition known as eczema in children with a family history of allergies, particularly during the first 3 months of life, Dutch researchers report.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Considering what pain medication to give your kid with a broken arm? Ibuprofen - marketed as Advil - is just as good as the potent combination of acetaminophen (Tylenol) plus codeine, with fewer side effects, according to a new study.

Nations no longer counting pandemic flu cases; last US estimate in July, stuck at 1 million. U.S. health officials have lost track of how many illnesses and deaths have been caused by the first global flu epidemic in 40 years.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Eating certain kinds of fats may actually help obese women with diabetes trim some body fat, a small study suggests.

Johnson & Johnson makes 4 deals, awaits new product approvals amid slumping sales. Johnson & Johnson, the world's biggest healthcare company and a Dow Jones industrial average component, reports earnings for the third quarter Tuesday morning. Here's a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.

A German hospital says a woman has given birth to a healthy baby despite having been in a coma for the last 22 weeks of her pregnancy.