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PANEL QUESTIONS VALUE OF CALCIUM, VITAMIN D PILLS
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Popping calcium and vitamin D pills in hopes of strong bones? Healthy older women shouldn't bother with relatively low-dose dietary supplements, say new recommen...

Study: Better TV might improve kids' behavior
SEATTLE (AP) - A new study has found teaching parents to switch channels from violent shows to educational TV can improve preschoolers' behavior, even without getting them to watch...

CATHOLIC HOSPITAL TAKES SURPRISE STANCE IN LAWSUIT
DENVER (AP) -- It was a startling assertion that seemed an about-face from church doctrine: A Catholic hospital arguing in a Colorado court that twin fetuses that died in its care ...

2 NEW VIRUSES COULD BOTH SPARK GLOBAL OUTBREAKS
LONDON (AP) -- Two respiratory viruses in different parts of the world have captured the attention of global health officials - a novel coronavirus in the Middle East and a new bir...
NEW WHOOPING COUGH STRAIN IN US RAISES QUESTIONS
NEW YORK (AP) -- Researchers have discovered the first U.S. cases of whooping cough caused by a germ that may be resistant to the vaccine. Health officials are looking into whet...

SURGERY, THERAPY BOTH PROVE GOOD FOR KNEE REPAIR
You might not want to rush into knee surgery. Physical therapy can be just as good for a common injury and at far less cost and risk, the most rigorous study to compare these treat...

OBAMA HEALTH LAW ANNIVERSARY FINDS 2 AMERICAS
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Three years, two elections, and one Supreme Court decision after President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, its promise of health care for the uninsu...

New health law could push individual medical claim cost…
A new report says the national health law will push up the cost of medical claims in both Missouri and Illinois. The study by the Society of Actuaries says the amount paid by ...